unisonweb/unison

symbolic names don't parse as links in doc literals

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#1,054 opened on Dec 11, 2019

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Description

(**) : Boolean -> Boolean -> Boolean
(**) a b = a && b

doc = [: @** means && :]

gives

  /home/chris/unison/scratch.u:7:11:
  unexpected **
      7 | doc = [: @** means && :]

(And it doesn't work as @(**) either - the parser doesn't pick that up as a link.)

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Examine the parser for doc literals in the Unison compiler source, specifically how '@' links are parsed and why symbolic names like @** or @(**) fail.
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