[GHC] #2168: ghci should show haddock comments for identifier

[GHC]

#2168: ghci should show haddock comments for identifier
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    Reporter:  j.waldmann       |       Owner:         
        Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new    
    Priority:  normal           |   Component:  GHCi   
     Version:  6.8.2            |    Severity:  normal 
    Keywords:                   |    Testcase:         
Architecture:  Unknown          |          Os:  Unknown
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 This came up in comp.lang.haskell recently:
 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.haskell/msg/ae69f720377e7a3f

 I like the idea.

 Immediate thoughts:
 * if ghci reads the source file, it can read haddock annotations
 * if ghci reads the interface file only (for library modules),
   it needs to find the installed documentation

 On the other hand the requested feature is a typical IDE functionality
 (cf. Eclipse/show source/show javadoc) and it's perhaps a bit much
 to require that from ghci.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2168>
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