#2362: allow full import syntax in GHCi
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Reporter: Isaac Dupree | Owner: igloo
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: high | Milestone: 6.14.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.8.2
Keywords: ghci, import | Difficulty: Unknown
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Testcase:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown
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Comment(by SamAnklesaria):
Thanks for the comments. `parseName` relies internally on a function from
HscMain that does just that: name parsing. I don't think it can handle
import declarations, which is why I wrote `hscImport`. As I removed the
"import" from the string the user entered (saving all the import parts in
a `remembered_ctx` seems redundant), it needs to be prepended or the
parser won't understand it. Importing twice with different import lists is
handled like in source files. Any ":m" commands will overwrite import
declarations for the same module. The problem with representing an import
in a `CtxCmd` is that it has a completely different syntax, so storing it
in the same structure seems awkward. A new patch should be up soon.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2362#comment:20>
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