[Haskell-cafe] Hint's setImports usage

[Martin Hilbig]

On 21.12.2012 01:23, Michael Sloan wrote:
> Yeah, I've run into that too..
>
> It does seem like there ought to be a better way, but in order to get
> around that, I just define the imports (or generate) "MyPrelude.hs" in
> the current directory.

what do you do with the file then? neither loadModules, setImports,
setTopLevelModules helped me :/

have fun
martin

> That file can just consist of "import
> OtherPackage.MyPrelude".
>
> -Michael
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Martin Hilbig <lists at mhilbig.de
> <mailto:lists at mhilbig.de>> wrote:
>
>     oh that's neat!
>
>     but what to do if MyPrelude is provided by some package?
>
>     i get this error:
>
>        module `MyPrelude' is a package module
>
>     and neither
>
>        set [languageExtensions := [PackageImports]]
>
>     nor
>
>        {-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
>
>     helps.
>
>     have fun
>     martin
>
>
>     On 21.12.2012 00:55, Michael Sloan wrote:
>
>         Hello!
>
>         Try doing this first:
>
>             loadModules ["My.Module"]
>
>         You may also need to set the "searchPath" - it defaults to the
>         current
>         director.  Another good function to know about is
>         "setTopLevelModules",
>         which is just like using ":load" in ghci - it imports everything
>         in the
>         module, including its imports.  So, I often do:
>
>             loadModules ["MyPrelude"]
>             setTopLevelModules ["MyPrelude"]
>
>         And stick all of the things that I want to be in scope into
>         "MyPrelude.hs".
>
>         -Michael
>
>
>         On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Martin Hilbig <lists at mhilbig.de
>         <mailto:lists at mhilbig.de>
>         <mailto:lists at mhilbig.de <mailto:lists at mhilbig.de>>> wrote:
>
>              hi,
>
>              how to use Language.Haskell.Interpreter.____setImports?
>
>
>              i use it like:
>
>                 setImports ["My.Module"]
>
>              so that my interpreted modules don't need to:
>
>                 import My.Module
>
>              But i still get:
>
>                 Not in scope: data constructor `MyType'
>
>              What am i doing wrong?
>
>              Thanks in advance.
>
>              have fun
>              martin
>
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