On Friday 03 March 2006 15:10, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: > it will also be great to make syntax analysis of all source files > before compiling them. typical situation - after correcting program i > run --make, long wait while some modules will be compiled and only > after that ghc complains about some error. it's not yet feature req, > just some thoughts about ideal compilation cycle: first syntax check > all modules and print errors, then perform type analysis and report > errors, then compile correct modules. what other haskellers think > about this?
Sounds nice. But is it possible? I have no idea. > another problem is what ghc tries to print entire block when it > encounters error. but this block can contain hundreds of lines! > moreover, error message and line number printed at the beginning, so > on 25-line terminal it's just impossible to know anything about bug! > it will be great to print maximum one line, i think 25-line terminal and no scroll bar, how poor. I thought that everybody nowadays has access to screens with graphical resolutions, not? Anyway, this would be an nice option, but it should not be the default. What about compiler switch --terse? Ben _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users