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GHC 9.14.1 · lts/ghc-9.14.x · 3e2d568 · 2026-10-11

Moduleghc-9.14.1GHC2021

GHC.Driver.Phases

  • 2 types
  • 26 values
  • Packageghc-9.14.1
  • Exports28
  • LanguageGHC2021
  • LicenceBSD-3-Clause
  • SourcePhases.hs

When we are given files (modified by -x arguments) we need to determine if they are Haskellish or not to figure out how we should try to compile it. The rules are:

  1. If no -x flag was specified, we check to see if the file looks like a module name, has no extension, or has a Haskell source extension.

  2. If an -x flag was specified, we just make sure the specified suffix is a Haskell one.