Re: ghc vs ghci: why can't ghci do everything ghc can do?

2007-12-04 Thread Claus Reinke
btw, it would still be nice to have ghci limitations (vs ghc) summarized on a wiki page. i've seen fragments here and there, but no complete list answering my questions. :set -fobject-code :reload ah, thanks! i had forgotten about that one. it doesn't solve my main problem but i guess

Re: ghc vs ghci: why can't ghci do everything ghc can do?

2007-12-04 Thread Simon Marlow
Claus Reinke wrote: btw, it would still be nice to have ghci limitations (vs ghc) summarized on a wiki page. i've seen fragments here and there, but no complete list answering my questions. :set -fobject-code :reload ah, thanks! i had forgotten about that one. it doesn't solve my main

Re: ghc vs ghci: why can't ghci do everything ghc can do?

2007-12-03 Thread Simon Marlow
Claus Reinke wrote: 3) suggestions: a) could we have a :make command in ghci that doesa 'ghc --make' while reusing the information fromthe current session? Doesn't :set -fobject-code :reload do that? b) could we have a --prefer-source option for ghci, so

ghc vs ghci: why can't ghci do everything ghc can do?

2007-11-28 Thread Claus Reinke
1) is there a single place/wiki/ticket that collects all the deficiencies of ghci, compared to ghc? things like: a) which platforms have ghc, but not ghci b) which features are available in ghc, but not in ghci c) does ghci encounter bugs where ghc would succeed d) which of these