<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thanks, Andreas!</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I will check out the <code>hint</code> package and also play with verbosity and workingDirectory.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span></span><span>I
considered using the Cabal library to derive the inputs from the
project's cabal file, but it does help first to know what the needful inputs
are, and where to stash them in the DynFlags session settings.</span><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It's got to be one of those "One Weird Trick (tm)" gotcha settings that make it suddenly work. It seems obvious what some of the settings mean, but I suppose with more familiarity will come appreciation of nuances that make the apparently obvious meaning seem obviously wrong.<br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Sincerely,</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Bob<br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div>
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On Monday, February 6th, 2023 at 7:53 AM, Andreas Klebinger <klebinger.andreas@gmx.at> wrote:<br><br>
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<p>I think this is an ok forum for this kind of question. You could
also try the haskell mailing list but I'm not sure if you will get
more<br>
help tehre.<br>
<br>
I recently played around with the ghc api and I found the `hint`
package to be quite helpful as an example on how to do various<br>
things when using the ghc api to implement your own interpreter.</p>
<p>Have you tried setting verbose? Perhaps the include dir is
relative to the working directory. In that case setting:</p>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
, workingDirectory = Just targetDir </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
, importPaths = [targetDir] ++
importPaths dynflags</span></div>
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<p>would mean ghc will search in targetDir/targetDir for Lib/Lib2.
Should be easy to say for sure by enabling verbosity and looking
at the output.<br>
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this is the wrong forum for this question (which as I think
about it, I suppose it is) then redirection to a more
appropriate mailing list or forum (or any advice, really) would
be appreciated. I just figured this would be the forum with the
best understanding of how the GHC API works (and has changed
over time), and my longer term goal is indeed to contribute to
it after I get past my learning curve. <br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hi Everyone!</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I'm new here, trying to learn the GHC
API. using 944 with cabal 3.8.1.0.<br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How do I correctly set a GHC Session's
DynFlags (and/or other properties) to ensure local libraries
imported by the main target are resolved properly at compile
time?</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What flags need to be set so that GHC
is able to load/analyze/compile all relevant Libraries in a
package?</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is my current code:</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Menlo,
Consolas, Courier New, monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">withPath :: FilePath -> IO ()</span>
<div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier
New, monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">withPath
target = do</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier
New, monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
let targetDir = takeDirectory target </span></div>
</div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> let
targetFile = takeFileName target</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
listing <- listDirectory targetDir</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> let
imports = filter (\f -> takeExtension f == ".hs")
listing</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> print
imports</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> let
moduleName = mkModuleName targetFile</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> g
<- defaultErrorHandler defaultFatalMessager
defaultFlushOut</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> $
runGhc (Just libdir) $ do</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
initGhcMonad (Just libdir)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
dynflags <- getSessionDynFlags</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
setSessionDynFlags $ dynflags { ghcLink =
LinkInMemory</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
, ghcMode =
CompManager</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
, backend =
Interpreter</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
, mainModuleNameIs =
moduleName</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
, workingDirectory = Just
targetDir </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
, importPaths =
[targetDir] ++ importPaths dynflags</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
}</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
targets <- mapM (\t -> guessTarget t Nothing
Nothing) imports</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
setTargets targets</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
setContext [ IIDecl $ simpleImportDecl (mkModuleName
"Prelude") ]</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
load LoadAllTargets</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
liftIO . print . ppr =<< getTargets</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
getModuleGraph</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
putStrLn "Here we go!"</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> print
$ ppr $ mgModSummaries g</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Courier New,
monospace; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;">
putStrLn "☝️ "</span><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">However,
when I run it (passing to example/app/Main.hs, in which
directory are Lib.hs and Lib2.hs, the latter being imported
into Main), I get: <br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="font-weight:
bold; color: rgb(84, 255, 84); background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt; line-height:
normal;">$</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> cabal run cli --
example/app/Main.hs
</span><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">Up to date
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">["Main.hs","Lib.hs","Lib2.hs"]
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">[main:Main.hs, main:Lib.hs,
main:Lib2.hs]
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">Here we go!
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">[ModSummary {
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_hs_hash =
23f9c4415bad851a1e36db9d813f34be
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_mod = Lib,
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> unit = main
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_textual_imps = [(, Prelude)]
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_srcimps = []
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> },
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ModSummary {
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_hs_hash =
e1eccc23af49f3498a5a9566e63abefd
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_mod = Lib2,
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> unit = main
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_textual_imps = [(, Prelude)]
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_srcimps = []
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> },
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ModSummary {
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_hs_hash =
5f6751d7f0d5547a1bdf39af84f8c07f
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_mod = Main,
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> unit = main
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_textual_imps = [(, Prelude),
(, Lib2)]
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ms_srcimps = []
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> }]
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">☝ </span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
<br>
<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">example/app/Main.hs:4:1: </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 84, 84);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">error:</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff"></span><br>
<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> Could not find module ‘Lib2’</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff"></span><br>
<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> Use -v (or `:set -v` in ghci)
to see a list of the files searched for.</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff"></span><br>
<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(84, 84, 255);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> |</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff"></span><br>
<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(84, 84, 255);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">4 |</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 84, 84);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">import qualified Lib2 as L2</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff"></span><br>
<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(84, 84, 255);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> |</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 84, 84);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff"></span><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;">cli: example/app/Main.hs:4:1: error:
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> Could not find module `Lib2'
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 9pt;
line-height: normal;"> Use -v (or `:set -v` in ghci) to
see a list of the files searched for.
</span><span style="font-family:monospace"><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What do I need to
do differently to make this work?</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I have a local
Cabal file I could use, but to know what I need out of it,
I need to understand the minimum required info to get this
to work. TIA!<br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sincerely,</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>
</span></div>
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