LanguageFeature.WitnessPassing has shipped since F# 5.0 and is enabled for every selectable language version (the minimum accepted --langversion is 8.0). Its feature flag can therefore never be turned off, so it is dead configuration. This issue removes the flag and collapses the guarded code to its enabled behaviour.
What to remove
- The
WitnessPassing case in LanguageFeatures.fs and LanguageFeatures.fsi
- Its entry in the
features map and its GetFeatureString arm
- The
featureWitnessPassing string in FSComp.txt
- Every
SupportsFeature LanguageFeature.WitnessPassing / checkLanguageFeatureAndRecover … WitnessPassing guard — keep only the enabled path and delete the legacy branch
- Adjust affected tests and baselines accordingly
Consequence: --disableLanguageFeature:WitnessPassing is no longer a recognised feature name.
Version mapping
|
LanguageFeature.WitnessPassing, languageVersion50 |
Feature string
|
featureWitnessPassing,"witness passing for trait constraints in F# quotations" |
Part of #20139
LanguageFeature.WitnessPassinghas shipped since F# 5.0 and is enabled for every selectable language version (the minimum accepted--langversionis 8.0). Its feature flag can therefore never be turned off, so it is dead configuration. This issue removes the flag and collapses the guarded code to its enabled behaviour.What to remove
WitnessPassingcase inLanguageFeatures.fsandLanguageFeatures.fsifeaturesmap and itsGetFeatureStringarmfeatureWitnessPassingstring inFSComp.txtSupportsFeature LanguageFeature.WitnessPassing/checkLanguageFeatureAndRecover … WitnessPassingguard — keep only the enabled path and delete the legacy branchConsequence:
--disableLanguageFeature:WitnessPassingis no longer a recognised feature name.Version mapping
fsharp/src/Compiler/Facilities/LanguageFeatures.fs
Line 168 in ea778bb
Feature string
fsharp/src/Compiler/FSComp.txt
Line 1583 in ea778bb
Part of #20139