|Version 1 (modified by simonpj, 8 years ago) (diff)|
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module K where f x = True module N where import K module M where import N( f ) as Q f = (f, M.f, Q.f, \f -> f)
(where all the variables are RdrNames). The result of renaming module M is:M.f = (M.f, M.f, K.f, \f_22 -> f_22)
(where all these names are now Names).
- The top-level unqualifed RdrName "f" has become the External Name M.f.
- The occurrences "f" and "M.f" are both bound to this Name.
- The qualified RdrName "Q.f" becomes the Name K.f, because the function is defined in module K.
- The lambda-bound "f" becomes an Internal name, here written f_22.
(All the External names have uniques too, but we often do not print them.)
In addition, the renamer does the following things:
- Sort out fixities. The parser parses all infix applications as right-associative, regardless of fixity. For example "a * b + c" is parsed as "a * (b + c)". The renamer re-associates such nested operator applications, using the fixities declared in the module.
- Dependency analysis for mutually-recursive groups of declarations. This divides the declarations into strongly-connected components.
- Lots of lexical error checking: variables out of scope, unused bindings, unused imports, patterns that use the same binder many times, etc.