import prefers module in package over local module

Michael Marte marte at pms.informatik.uni-muenchen.de
Tue May 2 08:22:37 EDT 2006


Simon,

I checked the version of ghc I use: It's 6.4.1.

Michael

Simon Marlow wrote:

> Michael Marte wrote:
>
>> I am migrating a project from ghc 6.2 to ghc 6.4. This project has a 
>> module called Pretty and that's where my problems start. When 
>> importing Pretty, ghc does not consider my local definition but the 
>> Pretty module from the standard library (which is an alias for 
>> Text.PrettyPrint.HughesPJ). Is this behaviour intended or is it a 
>> bug? Can I change it? If it is intended, can somebody explain the 
>> rationale to me?
>
> >
> > BTW, I am using -hidir and -odir and the latest Debian package
> > containing ghc 6.4.1.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Michael
>
> This was the behaviour in 6.4, if I recall correctly, but it was fixed 
> in 6.4.1.  Are you definitely using 6.4.1? (you said 6.4 at the 
> beginning of the message).
>
> Cheers,
>     Simon




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