#5673: GHCi ignores {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
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Reporter: erikd | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: GHCi
Version: 7.0.4 | Resolution:
Keywords: | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Os: Unknown/Multiple
Blocking: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: Other |
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Comment(by erikd):
I agree with momeata.
My main problem with this is the element of surprise; the main function
works correctly while calling newlineCount doesn't.
Even Haskell beginners are being told that in most cases ByteString or
Text should be chosen over String. They are also encouraged to try things
out in GHCi. This behavior will confound and confuse them. It certainly
did that for me and I've although I'm not anywhere near a Haskell expert I
have been using Haskell for many years.
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