[Hackage] #155: show . readPackageDescription /= id

[Hackage]

#155: show . readPackageDescription /= id
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  Reporter:  kolmodin at dtek.chalmers.se  |        Owner:  nominolo
      Type:  defect                     |       Status:  new     
  Priority:  normal                     |    Milestone:          
 Component:  Cabal                      |      Version:  HEAD    
  Severity:  normal                     |     Keywords:          
Difficulty:  normal                     |   Ghcversion:  6.6     
  Platform:  Linux                      |  
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Hi,

 if find the following a bit confusing:

 Read and then print a cabal file (old style without configurations is
 enough):
 {{{
 pkg <- readPackageDescription normal "foo.cabal" -- :: IO
 GenericPackageDescription
 print pkg
 }}}

 That output is then not parsable by readPackageDescription, error:
 {{{
 Test.hs: foo-copy.cabal26: Parse of field 'executable' failed:
 }}}

 It seems that the Show instance of GenericPackageDescription generates a
 string where the executables' entries cannot be parsed again.

 Cheers,
   Lennart K

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