Request: export runTcInteractive from TcRnDriver

[Simon Marlow]

I don't think it's a good idea to export it from GHC.hs, because it 
works in terms of TcRn, which isn't exposed via GHC.  Someone using this 
API will need to use other bits from the typechecker.

It's fine to export it from TcRnDriver (and of course add a comment to 
explain why).  Maybe there should be an "official" API at this level 
too, but someone will need to do some design work and figure out what 
needs to be provided.  For now it's fine to use the internal APIs, with 
the caveat that they often change from version to version.

Cheers,
Simon

On 04/02/2014 00:05, Simon Peyton Jones wrote:
> No, there’s no reason it’s not exported, excepting only that it’s not
> currently called outside TcRnDriver.
>
> Go ahead and create a ticket and patch.  It should be exported from
> GHC.hs (ie the official GHC API), not merely from TcRnDriver.  And I
> suggest you add a comment with the export from GHC.hs to explain why
> it’s exported.  Otherwise someone might delete it again!
>
> Thx
>
> Simon
>
> *From:*ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-bounces at haskell.org] *On Behalf Of
> *p.k.f.holzenspies at utwente.nl
> *Sent:* 29 January 2014 09:55
> *To:* ghc-devs at haskell.org
> *Subject:* Request: export runTcInteractive from TcRnDriver
>
> Dear GHC-devs,
>
> Is there a reason why, in HEAD, TcRnDriver does **not** export
> runTcInteractive? If not, can it please be added? (I considered sending
> a patch with this email, but it’s so trivial a change that the check of
> the patch is more work than manually adding runTcInteractive to the
> export list.)
>
> I’m developing against the GHC API of 7.6.3 and it would have saved me
> hours of work to have precisely that function. Seeing it’s in HEAD, but
> not being exported seems a shame ;)
>
> Regards,
>
> Philip
>
>
>
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