Libraries and hierarchies

Simon Marlow simonmar@microsoft.com
Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:04:55 +0100


=20
> | am i right in assuming that "current directory" refers to the
> directory
> | in which the file being compiled is located? e.g.
> | if module Main has a declartion "import M"
> | ghc A/B/Main.hs
> | will look for "A/B/M.hs"
>=20
> No.  Our current idea is that "current directory" means "directory in
> which you started the compiler.

Generalising slightly - "current directory" means each of the
directories in the search path, which by default just contains the
directory in which you started the compiler.  But you can change the
search path using the -i flag.

Cheers,
	Simon