[Haskell-cafe] evaluate arbitrary code + mutable variables

[Jeffrey Brown]

I wrote a graph-like data type, with some functions for adding statements
and relationships between statements. (It's different from a graph in that
there's no edge/vertex distinction; there are only statements, but a
statement might refer to other statements.)

Currently I'm using them in GHCI. Because it does not allow one to change a
variable, I keep having to do things like this:
  let g0 = emptyDocument
  let s1 = newStatement ...
  let g1 = addStatement s1 g0
  let s2 = newStatement ...
  let g2 = addStatement s2 g1
  ...
If I wrote a standalone application, I could use mutable variables, so I
would not have to define a new object every time I want to modify an
existing one. However I like being able to type in arbitrary code into GHCI.

Can one have both of those at once? That is, could I either (1) use MVars
from within GHCI, or (2) write a standalone app that lets the user evaluate
arbitrary Haskell?
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