[GHC] #12525: Internal identifiers creeping into :show bindings
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#12525: Internal identifiers creeping into :show bindings
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Reporter: mniip | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone:
Component: GHCi | Version: 8.1
Resolution: | Keywords:
Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture:
Type of failure: Runtime | Unknown/Multiple
performance bug | Test Case:
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Comment (by simonpj):
Ugh. The underlying problem is that the GHCi `InteractiveContext` doesn't
make a proper distinction between
* things lexically in scope (`ic_rn_gbl_env :: GlobalRdrEnv`)
* things that the typechecker might need (`ic_tythings :: [TyThing]`)
Instead the former is (more or less, I think) generated from the latter.
But that's problematic for these internal identifiers.
We came across this before: #11051. Easiest fix is to use the same
solution for `showBindings`, namely to use `isDerivedOccName` to filter
out the internal ones. See `Note [What to show to users]` in
`InteractiveEval.hs`.
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