[GHC] #15882: :load in ghci should expose the entire namespace of a module
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#15882: :load in ghci should expose the entire namespace of a module
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Reporter: EyalLotem | Owner: (none)
Type: feature | Status: new
request |
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.6.3
Component: GHCi | Version: 8.6.2
Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown
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When using "import" in ghci, only exported names are available.
When using :load, the use case is typically for "toying around" or testing
a module. In that case, the export list restrictions are much less useful.
There is currently no way to just expose the same namespace context of the
code in a module in ghci, and having :load do that sounds like it would be
very useful. The ordinary "import" namespace semantics are after all
available too.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15882>
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