trac:
> #887: GHCi prints results of IO actions
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> Reporter: guest | Owner:
> Type: bug | Status: new
> Priority: normal | Milestone:
> Component: GHCi | Version: 6.5
> Severity: normal | Resolution:
> Keywords: | Os: Linux
> Difficulty: Unknown | Architecture: x86
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> Comment (by simonpj):
>
> We changed it because a lot of the time it's very convenenient to see the
> result of an action. But you have a good point.
>
> (As an unsatisfactory workaround, you could wrap x an un-Showable
> constructor, or in a function; but that changes its type.)
>
> What do others think? Return to old behaviour? Have another settable
> option? Or what?
>
I was thinking about this a bit.
Ideally we'd have:
:set verbose
:unset verbose
or similarly, to switch between the two behaviours.
-- Don
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