> This is an embarrassing bug in 6.0. Alas. We need more regression
> tests for ghci.
>
> Workaround: do not write expressions in ghci with pattern matches that
> may fail.
There's a slightly less intrusive workaround:
Prelude> :t GHC.Err.error
GHC.Err.error :: forall a. [Char] -> a
Prelude>
June 2003 19:36
| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: Strange ghci :def failure
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| What is wrong here?
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|/ _ \ /\ /\/ __(_)
| / /_\// /_/ / / | | GHC Interactive, version 6.0, for Haskell
98.
| / /_\\/ __ / /___| | http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
| \/\/ /_/\/|_| Type
On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 20:35:55 +0200
George Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is wrong here?
>
>/ _ \ /\ /\/ __(_)
> / /_\// /_/ / / | | GHC Interactive, version 6.0, for Haskell
> 98.
> / /_\\/ __ / /___| | http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
> \/\/ /_/\/|_| Type
What is wrong here?
/ _ \ /\ /\/ __(_)
/ /_\// /_/ / / | | GHC Interactive, version 6.0, for Haskell 98.
/ /_\\/ __ / /___| | http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
\/\/ /_/\/|_| Type :? for help.
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Prelude> :def code (\ "" -> do { let {ge
