[GHC] #8642: Allow GHCi to print non-pretty forms of things.

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#8642: Allow GHCi to print non-pretty forms of things.
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       Reporter:  Fuuzetsu          |             Owner:
           Type:  feature request   |            Status:  new
       Priority:  normal            |         Milestone:
      Component:  GHCi              |           Version:  7.7
       Keywords:                    |  Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple
   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
     Difficulty:  Unknown           |         Test Case:
     Blocked By:                    |          Blocking:
Related Tickets:                    |
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 Currently when we ask GHCi for :info or :type of something, it will do
 things like splitting over multiple lines and all that eye candy that
 people like to see. This however makes it more difficult for people to
 write text editor plugins &c that rely on GHCi output.

 Currently one has to write parsers to stitch the GHCi output back together
 which is fairly error prone and not really future-proof.

 Is there any chance for a more machine-friendly output?

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