[GHC] #1895: Allow aliases in GHCi module imports

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Thu Nov 15 04:31:38 EST 2007


#1895: Allow aliases in GHCi module imports
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 Reporter:  tibbe            |          Owner:          
     Type:  feature request  |         Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:          
Component:  GHCi             |        Version:          
 Severity:  normal           |       Keywords:          
 Testcase:                   |   Architecture:  Multiple
       Os:  Unknown          |  
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 It would be convenient if it was possible to import a package in GHCi
 under another name.

 {{{
 :m +Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as B
 }}}

 This is especially useful with modules like {{{Data.ByteString}}} which
 names collide with {{{Prelude}}}.

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