incorrect implementation of :show bindings?

[Peter Hercek]

Hi Pepe,

Thanks for the confirmation. I added the ticket:
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2976

Peter.

Pepe Iborra wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> It looks like a bug to me too.
> I tested it and 6.6 displays the correct behaviour, while 6.8.1 shows
> the bug. You should open a ticket if you haven't done so yet.
>
> Cheers,
> pepe
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Peter Hercek <phercek at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Bindings displayed with ":show bindings" do not correspond to what can be
>> observed by printing values explicitly for example using ":force". Is it
>> supposed to work like that? If yes, why?
>>
>> Notice the value and type reported for variable "test" after it has been
>> redefined in the example at this post end.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter.
>>
>> status:0 peter at dwarf [703] /tmp
>> % ghci
>> GHCi, version 6.10.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
>> Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
>> Loading package integer ... linking ... done.
>> Loading package base ... linking ... done.
>> Prelude> let test = 0
>> Prelude> :show bindings
>> test :: Integer = _
>> Prelude> :force test
>> test = 0
>> Prelude> let test = "zero"
>> Prelude> :show bindings
>> test :: Integer = 0
>> Prelude> :force test
>> test = ['z','e','r','o']
>> Prelude> :quit
>> Leaving GHCi.
>> status:0 peter at dwarf [704] /tmp
>> %
>>
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