hugs / ghc difference over '(..)' imports

[Sigbjorn Finne]

Thanks for reporting this. Hugs98 was in the wrong; now fixed.

--sigbjorn

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duncan Coutts" <duncan.coutts@worcester.oxford.ac.uk>
To: <hugs-bugs@haskell.org>; <glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 15:29
Subject: hugs / ghc difference over '(..)' imports


> There is a difference between hugs and ghc in how they treat imports with
the
> '(..)' notation. Here's my example:
>
> module CTree(
> --other stuff
> Const(..)
>    ) where
>
> import ATree (Const)
>
> --const has constructors CInt, CChar, CStr
>
> under hugs this module exports CInt, CChar, CStr
> but under ghc it does not. Under ghc it only exports the constructors if I
> import 'Const' like this:
>
> import ATree (Const(..))
>
> I don't know which is the right behaviour w.r.t. the H98 standard, but it
> tripped me up.
>
> Duncan
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