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ghc-8.6.5: The GHC API

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Contents

- The main types
  - Creating `Name`s
  - Manipulating and deconstructing `Name`s
  - Predicates on `Name`s
- Class `NamedThing` and overloaded friends

Description

GHC uses several kinds of name internally:

- `OccName`: see OccName
- `RdrName`: see RdrName
- `Name` is the type of names that have had their scoping and binding resolved. They have an `OccName` but also a `Unique` that disambiguates Names that have the same `OccName` and indeed is used for all `Name` comparison. Names also contain information about where they originated from, see Name
- `Id`: see Id
- `Var`: see Var

Names are one of:

- External, if they name things declared in other modules. Some external Names are wired in, i.e. they name primitives defined in the compiler itself
- Internal, if they name things in the module being compiled. Some internal Names are system names, if they are names manufactured by the compiler

Synopsis

- data Name
- data BuiltInSyntax
  - = BuiltInSyntax
  - | UserSyntax
- mkSystemName :: Unique -> OccName -> Name
- mkSystemNameAt :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name
- mkInternalName :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name
- mkClonedInternalName :: Unique -> Name -> Name
- mkDerivedInternalName :: (OccName -> OccName) -> Unique -> Name -> Name
- mkSystemVarName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name
- mkSysTvName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name
- mkFCallName :: Unique -> String -> Name
- mkExternalName :: Unique -> Module -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name
- mkWiredInName :: Module -> OccName -> Unique -> TyThing -> BuiltInSyntax -> Name
- nameUnique :: Name -> Unique
- setNameUnique :: Name -> Unique -> Name
- nameOccName :: Name -> OccName
- nameModule :: HasDebugCallStack => Name -> Module
- nameModule_maybe :: Name -> Maybe Module
- setNameLoc :: Name -> SrcSpan -> Name
- tidyNameOcc :: Name -> OccName -> Name
- localiseName :: Name -> Name
- nameSrcLoc :: Name -> SrcLoc
- nameSrcSpan :: Name -> SrcSpan
- pprNameDefnLoc :: Name -> SDoc
- pprDefinedAt :: Name -> SDoc
- isSystemName :: Name -> Bool
- isInternalName :: Name -> Bool
- isExternalName :: Name -> Bool
- isTyVarName :: Name -> Bool
- isTyConName :: Name -> Bool
- isDataConName :: Name -> Bool
- isValName :: Name -> Bool
- isVarName :: Name -> Bool
- isWiredInName :: Name -> Bool
- isBuiltInSyntax :: Name -> Bool
- isHoleName :: Name -> Bool
- wiredInNameTyThing_maybe :: Name -> Maybe TyThing
- nameIsLocalOrFrom :: Module -> Name -> Bool
- nameIsHomePackage :: Module -> Name -> Bool
- nameIsHomePackageImport :: Module -> Name -> Bool
- nameIsFromExternalPackage :: UnitId -> Name -> Bool
- stableNameCmp :: Name -> Name -> Ordering
- class NamedThing a where
  - getOccName :: a -> OccName
  - getName :: a -> Name
- getSrcLoc :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcLoc
- getSrcSpan :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcSpan
- getOccString :: NamedThing a => a -> String
- getOccFS :: NamedThing a => a -> FastString
- pprInfixName :: (Outputable a, NamedThing a) => a -> SDoc
- pprPrefixName :: NamedThing a => a -> SDoc
- pprModulePrefix :: PprStyle -> Module -> OccName -> SDoc
- pprNameUnqualified :: Name -> SDoc
- nameStableString :: Name -> String
- module OccName

# The main types

data Name #

A unique, unambiguous name for something, containing information about where that thing originated.

Instances

Eq Name # | The same comments as for `Name`'s `Ord` instance apply.
Instance details Defined in Name Methods (==) :: Name -> Name -> Bool # (/=) :: Name -> Name -> Bool #
Data Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods gfoldl :: (forall d b. Data d => c (d -> b) -> d -> c b) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Name -> c Name Source # gunfold :: (forall b r. Data b => c (b -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c Name Source # toConstr :: Name -> Constr Source # dataTypeOf :: Name -> DataType Source # dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c Name) Source # dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c Name) Source # gmapT :: (forall b. Data b => b -> b) -> Name -> Name Source # gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Name -> r Source # gmapQr :: (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Name -> r Source # gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Name -> [u] Source # gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Name -> u Source # gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Name -> m Name Source # gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Name -> m Name Source # gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Name -> m Name Source #
Ord Name # | Caution: This instance is implemented via `nonDetCmpUnique`, which means that the ordering is not stable across deserialization or rebuilds. See `nonDetCmpUnique` for further information, and trac #15240 for a bug caused by improper use of this instance.
Instance details Defined in Name Methods compare :: Name -> Name -> Ordering # (<) :: Name -> Name -> Bool # (<=) :: Name -> Name -> Bool # (>) :: Name -> Name -> Bool # (>=) :: Name -> Name -> Bool # max :: Name -> Name -> Name # min :: Name -> Name -> Name #
NFData Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods rnf :: Name -> () Source #
OutputableBndr Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods pprBndr :: BindingSite -> Name -> SDoc # pprPrefixOcc :: Name -> SDoc # pprInfixOcc :: Name -> SDoc # bndrIsJoin_maybe :: Name -> Maybe Int #
Outputable Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods ppr :: Name -> SDoc # pprPrec :: Rational -> Name -> SDoc #
Uniquable Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods getUnique :: Name -> Unique #
Binary Name # | Assumes that the `Name` is a non-binding one. See `putIfaceTopBndr` and `getIfaceTopBndr` for serializing binding `Name`s. See `UserData` for the rationale for this distinction.
Instance details Defined in Name Methods put_ :: BinHandle -> Name -> IO () # put :: BinHandle -> Name -> IO (Bin Name) # get :: BinHandle -> IO Name #
HasOccName Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods occName :: Name -> OccName #
NamedThing Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods getOccName :: Name -> OccName # getName :: Name -> Name #

data BuiltInSyntax #

BuiltInSyntax is for things like `(:)`, `[]` and tuples, which have special syntactic forms. They aren't in scope as such.

Constructors

BuiltInSyntax |
UserSyntax |

## Creating `Name`s

mkSystemName :: Unique -> OccName -> Name #

Create a name brought into being by the compiler

mkSystemNameAt :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name #

mkInternalName :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name #

Create a name which is (for now at least) local to the current module and hence does not need a `Module` to disambiguate it from other `Name`s

mkClonedInternalName :: Unique -> Name -> Name #

mkDerivedInternalName :: (OccName -> OccName) -> Unique -> Name -> Name #

mkSystemVarName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name #

mkSysTvName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name #

mkFCallName :: Unique -> String -> Name #

Make a name for a foreign call

mkExternalName :: Unique -> Module -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name #

Create a name which definitely originates in the given module

mkWiredInName :: Module -> OccName -> Unique -> TyThing -> BuiltInSyntax -> Name #

Create a name which is actually defined by the compiler itself

## Manipulating and deconstructing `Name`s

nameUnique :: Name -> Unique #

setNameUnique :: Name -> Unique -> Name #

nameOccName :: Name -> OccName #

nameModule :: HasDebugCallStack => Name -> Module #

nameModule_maybe :: Name -> Maybe Module #

setNameLoc :: Name -> SrcSpan -> Name #

tidyNameOcc :: Name -> OccName -> Name #

localiseName :: Name -> Name #

Make the `Name` into an internal name, regardless of what it was to begin with

nameSrcLoc :: Name -> SrcLoc #

nameSrcSpan :: Name -> SrcSpan #

pprNameDefnLoc :: Name -> SDoc #

pprDefinedAt :: Name -> SDoc #

## Predicates on `Name`s

isSystemName :: Name -> Bool #

isInternalName :: Name -> Bool #

isExternalName :: Name -> Bool #

isTyVarName :: Name -> Bool #

isTyConName :: Name -> Bool #

isDataConName :: Name -> Bool #

isValName :: Name -> Bool #

isVarName :: Name -> Bool #

isWiredInName :: Name -> Bool #

isBuiltInSyntax :: Name -> Bool #

isHoleName :: Name -> Bool #

wiredInNameTyThing_maybe :: Name -> Maybe TyThing #

nameIsLocalOrFrom :: Module -> Name -> Bool #

Returns True if the name is (a) Internal (b) External but from the specified module (c) External but from the `interactive` package

The key idea is that False means: the entity is defined in some other module you can find the details (type, fixity, instances) in some interface file those details will be stored in the EPT or HPT

True means: the entity is defined in this module or earlier in the GHCi session you can find details (type, fixity, instances) in the TcGblEnv or TcLclEnv

The isInteractiveModule part is because successive interactions of a GHCi session each give rise to a fresh module (Ghci1, Ghci2, etc), but they all come from the magic `interactive` package; and all the details are kept in the TcLclEnv, TcGblEnv, NOT in the HPT or EPT. See Note [The interactive package] in HscTypes

nameIsHomePackage :: Module -> Name -> Bool #

nameIsHomePackageImport :: Module -> Name -> Bool #

nameIsFromExternalPackage :: UnitId -> Name -> Bool #

Returns True if the Name comes from some other package: neither this package nor the interactive package.

stableNameCmp :: Name -> Name -> Ordering #

Compare Names lexicographically This only works for Names that originate in the source code or have been tidied.

# Class `NamedThing` and overloaded friends

class NamedThing a where #

A class allowing convenient access to the `Name` of various datatypes

Minimal complete definition

getName

Methods

getOccName :: a -> OccName #

getName :: a -> Name #

Instances

NamedThing Name # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods getOccName :: Name -> OccName # getName :: Name -> Name #
NamedThing TyCon # |
Instance details Defined in TyCon Methods getOccName :: TyCon -> OccName # getName :: TyCon -> Name #
NamedThing TyThing # |
Instance details Defined in TyCoRep Methods getOccName :: TyThing -> OccName # getName :: TyThing -> Name #
NamedThing Var # |
Instance details Defined in Var Methods getOccName :: Var -> OccName # getName :: Var -> Name #
NamedThing PatSyn # |
Instance details Defined in PatSyn Methods getOccName :: PatSyn -> OccName # getName :: PatSyn -> Name #
NamedThing DataCon # |
Instance details Defined in DataCon Methods getOccName :: DataCon -> OccName # getName :: DataCon -> Name #
NamedThing ConLike # |
Instance details Defined in ConLike Methods getOccName :: ConLike -> OccName # getName :: ConLike -> Name #
NamedThing Class # |
Instance details Defined in Class Methods getOccName :: Class -> OccName # getName :: Class -> Name #
NamedThing IfaceConDecl # |
Instance details Defined in IfaceSyn Methods getOccName :: IfaceConDecl -> OccName # getName :: IfaceConDecl -> Name #
NamedThing IfaceClassOp # |
Instance details Defined in IfaceSyn Methods getOccName :: IfaceClassOp -> OccName # getName :: IfaceClassOp -> Name #
NamedThing IfaceDecl # |
Instance details Defined in IfaceSyn Methods getOccName :: IfaceDecl -> OccName # getName :: IfaceDecl -> Name #
NamedThing FamInst # |
Instance details Defined in FamInstEnv Methods getOccName :: FamInst -> OccName # getName :: FamInst -> Name #
NamedThing ClsInst # |
Instance details Defined in InstEnv Methods getOccName :: ClsInst -> OccName # getName :: ClsInst -> Name #
NamedThing (CoAxiom br) # |
Instance details Defined in CoAxiom Methods getOccName :: CoAxiom br -> OccName # getName :: CoAxiom br -> Name #
NamedThing e => NamedThing (GenLocated l e) # |
Instance details Defined in Name Methods getOccName :: GenLocated l e -> OccName # getName :: GenLocated l e -> Name #

getSrcLoc :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcLoc #

getSrcSpan :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcSpan #

getOccString :: NamedThing a => a -> String #

getOccFS :: NamedThing a => a -> FastString #

pprInfixName :: (Outputable a, NamedThing a) => a -> SDoc #

pprPrefixName :: NamedThing a => a -> SDoc #

pprModulePrefix :: PprStyle -> Module -> OccName -> SDoc #

pprNameUnqualified :: Name -> SDoc #

Print the string of Name unqualifiedly directly.

nameStableString :: Name -> String #

Get a string representation of a `Name` that's unique and stable across recompilations. Used for deterministic generation of binds for derived instances. eg. "$aeson_70dylHtv1FFGeai1IoxcQr$Data.Aeson.Types.Internal$String"

module OccName