[GHC] #1682: ghci Foo.hs should load the Foo.hs file interpreted

[GHC]

#1682: ghci Foo.hs should load the Foo.hs file interpreted
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  Reporter:  iampure at gmail.com  |          Owner:         
      Type:  feature request    |         Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:  6.8    
 Component:  GHCi               |        Version:  6.7    
  Severity:  normal             |       Keywords:         
Difficulty:  Unknown            |             Os:  Unknown
  Testcase:                     |   Architecture:  Unknown
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ghc Foo.hs, where Foo.hs has a name X that is not exported.
 ghci Foo.hs
 Asking for the type of X now fails, since X is not in scope.

 I would like to have that the latter operation does not fail. When one
 asks for the Foo.hs file, the Foo.hs file should be loaded interpreted.
 When one asks for the Foo module, the same should happen. When one
 explicitly asks for Foo.o or Foo.hi, the compiled version should be
 loaded.

 The rationale for all this is that ghci is used to explore code. In the
 rare case that one for example compiles somebody else's project and want
 to look around a bit (ask for types for example), one does not want to
 touch(1) every file by hand first.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1682>
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