<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <!--Rendered using the Haskell Html Library v0.2--> <HTML ><HEAD ><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8" ><TITLE >Name</TITLE ><LINK HREF="haddock.css" REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" ><SCRIPT SRC="haddock-util.js" TYPE="text/javascript" ></SCRIPT ><SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" >window.onload = function () {setSynopsis("mini_Name.html")};</SCRIPT ></HEAD ><BODY ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="topbar" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD ><IMG SRC="haskell_icon.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="16" ALT=" " ></TD ><TD CLASS="title" >ghc-6.12.3: The GHC API</TD ><TD CLASS="topbut" ><A HREF="index.html" >Contents</A ></TD ><TD CLASS="topbut" ><A HREF="doc-index.html" >Index</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="modulebar" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD ><FONT SIZE="6" >Name</FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><B >Contents</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="#1" >The main types </A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="#2" >Creating <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT >s </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#3" >Manipulating and deconstructing <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT >s </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#4" >Predicates on <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT >s </A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT ><A HREF="#5" >Class <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A ></TT > and overloaded friends </A ></DT ></DL ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Description</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><P ><A NAME="name_types" ><A NAME="name_types" ></A ></A > GHC uses several kinds of name internally: </P ><UL ><LI > <TT ><A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A ></TT >: see <A HREF="OccName.html#name_types" >OccName</A > </LI ><LI > RdrName.RdrName: see <A HREF="RdrName.html#name_types" >RdrName</A > </LI ><LI > <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT > is the type of names that have had their scoping and binding resolved. They have an <TT ><A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A ></TT > but also a <TT ><A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A ></TT > that disambiguates Names that have the same <TT ><A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A ></TT > and indeed is used for all <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT > comparison. Names also contain information about where they originated from, see <A HREF="Name.html#name_sorts" >Name</A > </LI ><LI > Id.Id: see <A HREF="Id.html#name_types" >Id</A > </LI ><LI > Var.Var: see <A HREF="Var.html#name_types" >Var</A > </LI ></UL ><P ><A NAME="name_sorts" ><A NAME="name_sorts" ></A ></A > Names are one of: </P ><UL ><LI > 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 </LI ><LI > Internal, if they name things in the module being compiled. Some internal Names are system names, if they are names manufactured by the compiler </LI ></UL ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Synopsis</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3AName" >Name</A > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3ABuiltInSyntax" >BuiltInSyntax</A > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >= <A HREF="#v%3ABuiltInSyntax" >BuiltInSyntax</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >| <A HREF="#v%3AUserSyntax" >UserSyntax</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkInternalName" >mkInternalName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkSystemName" >mkSystemName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkSystemVarName" >mkSystemVarName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="FastString.html#t%3AFastString" >FastString</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkSysTvName" >mkSysTvName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="FastString.html#t%3AFastString" >FastString</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkFCallName" >mkFCallName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkIPName" >mkIPName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkTickBoxOpName" >mkTickBoxOpName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkExternalName" >mkExternalName</A > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmkWiredInName" >mkWiredInName</A > :: <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="Type.html#t%3ATyThing" >TyThing</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ABuiltInSyntax" >BuiltInSyntax</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AnameUnique" >nameUnique</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AsetNameUnique" >setNameUnique</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AnameOccName" >nameOccName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AnameModule" >nameModule</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AnameModule_maybe" >nameModule_maybe</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AtidyNameOcc" >tidyNameOcc</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AhashName" >hashName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Int.html#t%3AInt" >Int</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AlocaliseName" >localiseName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AnameSrcLoc" >nameSrcLoc</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcLoc" >SrcLoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AnameSrcSpan" >nameSrcSpan</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3ApprNameLoc" >pprNameLoc</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisSystemName" >isSystemName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisInternalName" >isInternalName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisExternalName" >isExternalName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisTyVarName" >isTyVarName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisTyConName" >isTyConName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisDataConName" >isDataConName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisValName" >isValName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisVarName" >isVarName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisWiredInName" >isWiredInName</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AisBuiltInSyntax" >isBuiltInSyntax</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AwiredInNameTyThing_maybe" >wiredInNameTyThing_maybe</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > <A HREF="Type.html#t%3ATyThing" >TyThing</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AnameIsLocalOrFrom" >nameIsLocalOrFrom</A > :: <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >class</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a <SPAN CLASS="keyword" >where</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AgetOccName" >getOccName</A > :: a -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AgetName" >getName</A > :: a -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AgetSrcLoc" >getSrcLoc</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a => a -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcLoc" >SrcLoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AgetSrcSpan" >getSrcSpan</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a => a -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AgetOccString" >getOccString</A > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a => a -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3ApprInfixName" >pprInfixName</A > :: (<A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3AOutputable" >Outputable</A > a, <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a) => a -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3ApprPrefixName" >pprPrefixName</A > :: (<A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3AOutputable" >Outputable</A > a, <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a) => a -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3ApprModulePrefix" >pprModulePrefix</A > :: <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3APprStyle" >PprStyle</A > -> <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >module <A HREF="OccName.html" >OccName</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="1" ><A NAME="1" >The main types </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A NAME="t:Name" ><A NAME="t%3AName" ></A ></A ><B >Name</B > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="ndoc" >A unique, unambigious name for something, containing information about where that thing originated. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:Name')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:Name" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Eq.html#t%3AEq" >Eq</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Ord.html#t%3AOrd" >Ord</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3AOutputableBndr" >OutputableBndr</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3AOutputable" >Outputable</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUniquable" >Uniquable</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Binary.html#t%3ABinary" >Binary</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >data</SPAN > <A NAME="t:BuiltInSyntax" ><A NAME="t%3ABuiltInSyntax" ></A ></A ><B >BuiltInSyntax</B > </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="ndoc" >BuiltInSyntax is for things like <TT >(:)</TT >, <TT >[]</TT > and tuples, which have special syntactic forms. They aren't in scope as such. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Constructors</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:BuiltInSyntax" ><A NAME="v%3ABuiltInSyntax" ></A ></A ><B >BuiltInSyntax</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:UserSyntax" ><A NAME="v%3AUserSyntax" ></A ></A ><B >UserSyntax</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section2" ><A NAME="2" ><A NAME="2" >Creating <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT >s </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkInternalName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkInternalName" ></A ></A ><B >mkInternalName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Create a name which is (for now at least) local to the current module and hence does not need a <TT ><A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A ></TT > to disambiguate it from other <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT >s </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkSystemName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkSystemName" ></A ></A ><B >mkSystemName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Create a name brought into being by the compiler </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkSystemVarName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkSystemVarName" ></A ></A ><B >mkSystemVarName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="FastString.html#t%3AFastString" >FastString</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkSysTvName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkSysTvName" ></A ></A ><B >mkSysTvName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="FastString.html#t%3AFastString" >FastString</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkFCallName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkFCallName" ></A ></A ><B >mkFCallName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Make a name for a foreign call </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkIPName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkIPName" ></A ></A ><B >mkIPName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Make the name of an implicit parameter </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkTickBoxOpName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkTickBoxOpName" ></A ></A ><B >mkTickBoxOpName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkExternalName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkExternalName" ></A ></A ><B >mkExternalName</B > :: <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Create a name which definitely originates in the given module </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:mkWiredInName" ><A NAME="v%3AmkWiredInName" ></A ></A ><B >mkWiredInName</B > :: <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="Type.html#t%3ATyThing" >TyThing</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ABuiltInSyntax" >BuiltInSyntax</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Create a name which is actually defined by the compiler itself </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section2" ><A NAME="3" ><A NAME="3" >Manipulating and deconstructing <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT >s </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:nameUnique" ><A NAME="v%3AnameUnique" ></A ></A ><B >nameUnique</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:setNameUnique" ><A NAME="v%3AsetNameUnique" ></A ></A ><B >setNameUnique</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Unique.html#t%3AUnique" >Unique</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:nameOccName" ><A NAME="v%3AnameOccName" ></A ></A ><B >nameOccName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:nameModule" ><A NAME="v%3AnameModule" ></A ></A ><B >nameModule</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:nameModule_maybe" ><A NAME="v%3AnameModule_maybe" ></A ></A ><B >nameModule_maybe</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:tidyNameOcc" ><A NAME="v%3AtidyNameOcc" ></A ></A ><B >tidyNameOcc</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:hashName" ><A NAME="v%3AhashName" ></A ></A ><B >hashName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Int.html#t%3AInt" >Int</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:localiseName" ><A NAME="v%3AlocaliseName" ></A ></A ><B >localiseName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Make the <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT > into an internal name, regardless of what it was to begin with </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:nameSrcLoc" ><A NAME="v%3AnameSrcLoc" ></A ></A ><B >nameSrcLoc</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcLoc" >SrcLoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:nameSrcSpan" ><A NAME="v%3AnameSrcSpan" ></A ></A ><B >nameSrcSpan</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:pprNameLoc" ><A NAME="v%3ApprNameLoc" ></A ></A ><B >pprNameLoc</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section2" ><A NAME="4" ><A NAME="4" >Predicates on <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT >s </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isSystemName" ><A NAME="v%3AisSystemName" ></A ></A ><B >isSystemName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isInternalName" ><A NAME="v%3AisInternalName" ></A ></A ><B >isInternalName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isExternalName" ><A NAME="v%3AisExternalName" ></A ></A ><B >isExternalName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isTyVarName" ><A NAME="v%3AisTyVarName" ></A ></A ><B >isTyVarName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isTyConName" ><A NAME="v%3AisTyConName" ></A ></A ><B >isTyConName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isDataConName" ><A NAME="v%3AisDataConName" ></A ></A ><B >isDataConName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isValName" ><A NAME="v%3AisValName" ></A ></A ><B >isValName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isVarName" ><A NAME="v%3AisVarName" ></A ></A ><B >isVarName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isWiredInName" ><A NAME="v%3AisWiredInName" ></A ></A ><B >isWiredInName</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:isBuiltInSyntax" ><A NAME="v%3AisBuiltInSyntax" ></A ></A ><B >isBuiltInSyntax</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:wiredInNameTyThing_maybe" ><A NAME="v%3AwiredInNameTyThing_maybe" ></A ></A ><B >wiredInNameTyThing_maybe</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Maybe.html#t%3AMaybe" >Maybe</A > <A HREF="Type.html#t%3ATyThing" >TyThing</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:nameIsLocalOrFrom" ><A NAME="v%3AnameIsLocalOrFrom" ></A ></A ><B >nameIsLocalOrFrom</B > :: <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A > -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Bool.html#t%3ABool" >Bool</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="5" ><A NAME="5" >Class <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A ></TT > and overloaded friends </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >class</SPAN > <A NAME="t:NamedThing" ><A NAME="t%3ANamedThing" ></A ></A ><B >NamedThing</B > a <SPAN CLASS="keyword" >where</SPAN ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="ndoc" >A class allowing convenient access to the <TT ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TT > of various datatypes </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Methods</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:getOccName" ><A NAME="v%3AgetOccName" ></A ></A ><B >getOccName</B > :: a -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:getName" ><A NAME="v%3AgetName" ></A ></A ><B >getName</B > :: a -> <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:NamedThing')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:NamedThing" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="Type.html#t%3ATyThing" >TyThing</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="TyCon.html#t%3ATyCon" >TyCon</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="Name.html#t%3AName" >Name</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="Var.html#t%3AVar" >Var</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="Class.html#t%3AClass" >Class</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="DataCon.html#t%3ADataCon" >DataCon</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="InstEnv.html#t%3AInstance" >Instance</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > <A HREF="FamInstEnv.html#t%3AFamInst" >FamInst</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:getSrcLoc" ><A NAME="v%3AgetSrcLoc" ></A ></A ><B >getSrcLoc</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a => a -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcLoc" >SrcLoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:getSrcSpan" ><A NAME="v%3AgetSrcSpan" ></A ></A ><B >getSrcSpan</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a => a -> <A HREF="SrcLoc.html#t%3ASrcSpan" >SrcSpan</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:getOccString" ><A NAME="v%3AgetOccString" ></A ></A ><B >getOccString</B > :: <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a => a -> <A HREF="../base-4.2.0.2/Data-Char.html#t%3AString" >String</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:pprInfixName" ><A NAME="v%3ApprInfixName" ></A ></A ><B >pprInfixName</B > :: (<A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3AOutputable" >Outputable</A > a, <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a) => a -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:pprPrefixName" ><A NAME="v%3ApprPrefixName" ></A ></A ><B >pprPrefixName</B > :: (<A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3AOutputable" >Outputable</A > a, <A HREF="Name.html#t%3ANamedThing" >NamedThing</A > a) => a -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:pprModulePrefix" ><A NAME="v%3ApprModulePrefix" ></A ></A ><B >pprModulePrefix</B > :: <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3APprStyle" >PprStyle</A > -> <A HREF="Module.html#t%3AModule" >Module</A > -> <A HREF="OccName.html#t%3AOccName" >OccName</A > -> <A HREF="Outputable.html#t%3ASDoc" >SDoc</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >module <A HREF="OccName.html" >OccName</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="botbar" >Produced by <A HREF="http://www.haskell.org/haddock/" >Haddock</A > version 2.6.1</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></BODY ></HTML >