#1672: allow the use of import in the interpreter to load new modules
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: GHCi | Version: 6.6.1
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Difficulty: Easy (1 hr) | Os: Windows
Testcase: | Architecture: x86
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Hi,
I'm trying to learn Haskell. One of the little things that bother me is
that I can't do the following in the interpreter:
Prelude> import System.IO
I get the error <interactive>:1:0: parse error on input `import'
The equivalent thing is
Prelude> :module + System.IO
Prelude System.IO>
In all other interpreted languages that I've used (Python, Ruby, etc) one
can easily import new modules using the language constructs already
defined by the language.
In python... a simple import Whatever does it. It doesn't make sense to
have an interpreter specific command for this.
It may sound like a little thing to you. But for me this is one of the
details that make me quit the interpreter and continue working on other
tasks rather than learning Haskell.
It would be really nice to if you add this capability in your next release
of the interpreter.
Thanks,
Alex
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