[ ghc-Bugs-1065291 ] ghc --make import searching broken

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Bugs item #1065291, was opened at 2004-11-12 16:37
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Category: Compiler
Group: 6.2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Simon Peyton Jones (simonpj)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: ghc --make import searching broken

Initial Comment:
GHC --make uses getImports to find the imports of a 
module.  It has two bad flaws

a) it's a total hack, parsing the file character by 
character, which is really slow.   We though it stopped 
after the import statements but it doesn't; it chunters 
through the entire file

b) It does not record line numbers, so if the imported 
module does not exist, there is no decent error message

We have a plan; this bug report makes sure we don't 
forget.

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