# hie-compat
Mainly a backport of [HIE
Files](https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/hie-files) for ghc 8.8, along
with a few other backports of fixes useful for `ghcide`
Also includes backport of record-dot-syntax support to 9.2.x
Fully compatible with `.hie` files natively produced by versions of GHC that support
them.
**THIS DOES NOT LET YOU READ HIE FILES WITH MISMATCHED VERSIONS OF GHC**
Backports included:
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/8589
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/4037
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/4068
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/3199
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/2578