[Haskell-beginners] ghci parse error on input

Rick Murphy rick at rickmurphy.org
Thu Mar 18 08:21:57 EDT 2010


Hello All:

Using GHCi, I am working from an existing example which surprisingly 
contains a parse error in an export statement. I have reproduced the 
parse error as follows:

 > module Export
 > 	(
 > 		(^)
 >	,	(#)
 >	)
 > where
 > import Prelude hiding ((^))

GHCi reports: parse error on input (#

I read 5.2 Export Lists in the Haskell Report, but the syntax above does 
not appear to contradict the Haskell Report.

I have eliminated the following solutions:

1. Add (#) to the hiding list.
2. Swap the (#) and (^).
3. Load as non-literate file.

Would anyone be able to provide advice on how to avoid this parse error?

-- 
Rick

blog: http://phaneron.rickmurphy.org


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