[GHC] #15240: GHCi's :doc doesn't find the documentation for some class methods

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Wed Jun 6 22:33:30 UTC 2018


#15240: GHCi's :doc doesn't find the documentation for some class methods
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        Reporter:  sjakobi           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  GHCi              |              Version:  8.5
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Comment (by sjakobi):

 `--show-iface` reveals that e.g. `GHC/Show.hi` ''does'' contain docs for
 `show`:


 {{{
   show:
     " A specialised variant of 'showsPrec', using precedence context
  zero, and returning an ordinary 'String'."

 }}}

 So either we're loading the wrong iface our `Name` isn't the same as the
 one in the `DeclDocMap`.

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