| Interestingly, if I import only Control.Applicative from within GHCi, it | does not find the instances defined in Control.Monad.Instances although | this module is imported in Control.Applicative. On the other hand, if I | write a file containing the line 'import Control.Applicative' and load | this file in GHCi then the instances from Control.Monad.Instances are | visible. | | Apparently, importing a module in GHCi differs from importing it in a | Haskell file and loading this into GHCi.
I don't believe that should happen, depending on exactly what you mean by "importing a module in GHCi". If there's a consensus that the behaviour is wrong, or at least unexpected, would you like to make a reproducible test case and file a ticket? Thanks! Simon _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
