[commit: ghc] ghc-8.2: user-guide: fix examples of ghci commands (83e438e)
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On branch : ghc-8.2
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/83e438ee1f52bf8995a2f47f5aa5569d1071e9a0/ghc
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commit 83e438ee1f52bf8995a2f47f5aa5569d1071e9a0
Author: Takenobu Tani <takenobu.hs at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Aug 17 10:28:01 2017 -0400
user-guide: fix examples of ghci commands
Fix examples of ghci commands:
* correct typos
* add top-level binding without let statement
* modify Time.getClockTime to Data.Time.getZonedTime
* modify Directory.setCurrentDirectory
* modify ghc version number
Test Plan: build
Reviewers: austin, bgamari
Reviewed By: bgamari
Subscribers: rwbarton, thomie
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D3852
(cherry picked from commit 3385669683b8bc150c6df3cb43320dfc6f80fcd9)
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83e438ee1f52bf8995a2f47f5aa5569d1071e9a0
docs/users_guide/ghci.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
docs/users_guide/using.rst | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst b/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst
index dce7904..e2fb361 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ command ``ghci``:
.. code-block:: none
$ ghci
- GHCi, version 8.0.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
+ GHCi, version 8.y.z: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
Prelude>
There may be a short pause while GHCi loads the prelude and standard
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ GHCi, since the expression can also be interpreted in the ``IO`` monad,
a ``let`` binding with no accompanying ``in`` statement can be signalled
by an empty line, as in the above example.
+Since GHC 8.0.1, you can bind values and functions to names without ``let`` statement:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ Prelude> x = 42
+ Prelude> x
+ 42
+ Prelude>
+
.. _loading-source-files:
Loading source files
@@ -987,10 +996,10 @@ of type ``a``. eg.:
.. code-block:: none
- Prelude> Time.getClockTime
- Wed Mar 14 12:23:13 GMT 2001
+ Prelude> Data.Time.getZonedTime
+ 2017-04-10 12:34:56.93213581 UTC
Prelude> print it
- Wed Mar 14 12:23:13 GMT 2001
+ 2017-04-10 12:34:56.93213581 UTC
The corresponding translation for an IO-typed ``e`` is
@@ -1162,7 +1171,7 @@ printed value. Running GHCi with the command:
.. code-block:: none
- ghci -interactive-print=SpecPrinter.sprinter SpecPrinter
+ ghci -interactive-print=SpecPrinter.sprint SpecPrinter
will start an interactive session where values with be printed using
``sprint``:
@@ -1971,7 +1980,7 @@ by using the :ghc-flag:`-package ⟨pkg⟩` flag:
.. code-block:: none
$ ghci -package readline
- GHCi, version 6.8.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
+ GHCi, version 8.y.z: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Loading package readline-1.0 ... linking ... done.
Prelude>
@@ -2238,17 +2247,17 @@ commonly used commands.
.. code-block:: none
- Prelude> let date _ = Time.getClockTime >>= print >> return ""
+ Prelude> let date _ = Data.Time.getZonedTime >>= print >> return ""
Prelude> :def date date
Prelude> :date
- Fri Mar 23 15:16:40 GMT 2001
+ 2017-04-10 12:34:56.93213581 UTC
Here's an example of a command that takes an argument. It's a
re-implementation of :ghci-cmd:`:cd`:
.. code-block:: none
- Prelude> let mycd d = Directory.setCurrentDirectory d >> return ""
+ Prelude> let mycd d = System.Directory.setCurrentDirectory d >> return ""
Prelude> :def mycd mycd
Prelude> :mycd ..
@@ -2745,7 +2754,7 @@ commonly used commands.
*X> :type +v length
length :: forall (t :: * -> *). Foldable t => forall a. t a -> Int
-.. ghci-cmd:: :type +d ⟨expression⟩
+.. ghci-cmd:: :type +d; ⟨expression⟩
Infers and prints the type of ⟨expression⟩, defaulting type variables
if possible. In this mode, if the inferred type is constrained by
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.rst b/docs/users_guide/using.rst
index dff9603..6dde0ee 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/using.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/using.rst
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ messages and in GHCi:
.. code-block:: none
ghci> :set -fprint-unicode-syntax
- ghci> :t (>>)
- (>>) :: ∀ (m :: * → *) a b. Monad m ⇒ m a → m b → m b
+ ghci> :t +v (>>)
+ (>>) ∷ Monad m ⇒ ∀ a b. m a → m b → m b
.. _pretty-printing-types:
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