Cabal File Pretty Printer

[Carter Schonwald]

I don't see why not.

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, Daniel Trstenjak <
daniel.trstenjak at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> the current cabal file pretty printer creates output in the form:
>
>    ...
>    extra-source-files: README.md tests/inputFiles/original.cabal
>                        tests/inputFiles/setup-config
> tests/goldenFiles/*.cabal
>                        tests/outputFiles/.gitignore
>
>    library
>        build-depends: base >=3 && <5, cmdargs >=0.10.5 && <0.11,
>                       lens >=4.0.1 && <4.1, strict >=0.3.2 && <0.4, Cabal
> >=1.18.0 && <1.19
>        exposed-modules: CabalBounds.Args CabalBounds.Main
>        ...
>        other-modules: Paths_cabal_bounds CabalBounds.Bound
>                       CabalBounds.Targets CabalBounds.Dependencies
> CabalBounds.Drop
>                       CabalBounds.Update CabalBounds.Lenses
>        ...
>
>
> Would a patch be accepted that creates output that is more diff friendly?
>
> Something like:
>
>    extra-source-files: README.md
>                        tests/inputFiles/original.cabal
>                        tests/inputFiles/setup-config
>
>    library
>        build-depends: base >=3 && <5,
>                       cmdargs >=0.10.5 && <0.11,
>                       lens >=4.0.1 && <4.1,
>        exposed-modules: CabalBounds.Args
>                         CabalBounds.Main
>        ...
>        other-modules: Paths_cabal_bounds
>                       CabalBounds.Bound
>                       CabalBounds.Targets
>        ...
>
>
> Or perhaps:
>
>    extra-source-files:
>        README.md
>        tests/inputFiles/original.cabal
>        tests/inputFiles/setup-config
>
>    library
>        build-depends:
>            base >=3 && <5,
>            cmdargs >=0.10.5 && <0.11,
>            lens >=4.0.1 && <4.1,
>        exposed-modules:
>            CabalBounds.Args
>            CabalBounds.Main
>        ...
>        other-modules:
>            Paths_cabal_bounds
>            CabalBounds.Bound
>            CabalBounds.Targets
>        ...
>
>
> I think that I might prefer the second one.
>
>
> Greetings,
> Daniel
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