{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haddock/issues/485","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haddock","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haddock/issues/485/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haddock/issues/485/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haddock/issues/485/events","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/haddock/issues/485","id":135940405,"number":485,"title":"Haddock parse failure on bifunctors package","user":{"login":"slpopejoy","id":8353613,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8353613?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy","html_url":"https://github.com/slpopejoy","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/slpopejoy/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2016-02-24T03:12:06Z","updated_at":"2016-02-25T03:18:29Z","closed_at":"2016-02-25T03:18:29Z","body":"See http://hackage.haskell.org/package/bifunctors-5.2.1/reports/2\r\nand https://github.com/ekmett/bifunctors/commit/00b941f126852754ecb4b4150829011f245347d5\r\nFails with following error:\r\n```\r\nsrc/Data/Bifunctor/TH.hs:675:5:\r\n    parse error on input ‘-- * after substituting * for the dropped kind variables. If not, throw an error.’\r\n```\r\n\r\nI tried to reproduce the error in Parser.hs HUnits, but it doesn't reproduce:\r\n\r\n```\r\n      it \"breaks stuff\" $ do\r\n         \"* after substituting * for the dropped kind variables. If not, throw an error.\"\r\n         `shouldParseTo`\r\n          DocUnorderedList [DocParagraph (DocString \"after substituting * for the dropped kind variables. If not, throw an error.\")]\r\n```\r\nThis test succeeds ... so no clue there.\r\n\r\nThanks,\r\nStuart\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haddock/issues/comments/188585190","html_url":"https://github.com/haskell/haddock/issues/485#issuecomment-188585190","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/haskell/haddock/issues/485","id":188585190,"user":{"login":"thomie","id":157521,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/157521?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie","html_url":"https://github.com/thomie","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thomie/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-25T03:18:29Z","updated_at":"2016-02-25T03:18:29Z","body":"Yes, haddock depends on GHC's lexer and parser, and there is nothing that haddock can do to fix this. \r\n\r\nSince [similar bugs](https://github.com/haskell/haddock/issues/445) were closed as \"not a Haddock failure\", I'll close this one as well.\r\n\r\nIt just requires someone to spend a couple of days staring at GHC's parser to fix it. That someone could be you, if you're interested."}}