#823: Accessing the package version from within the package ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Reporter: basvandijk | Owner: Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.8.0.6 Severity: normal | Keywords: Difficulty: unknown | Ghcversion: Platform: | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Just like you can [http://haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-latest/doc /users-guide/authors.html#paths-module access data files from a package], it would be useful to retrieve the current version of your package from within your program. This is useful when you want to print the current version of your program when the user issues a `--version` flag for example. More specifically I would like the following module to be generated automatically: {{{ module Version_pkgname where import Distribution.Version (Version) version :: Version version = <the current package version> }}} where [http://haskell.org/cabal/release/cabal-latest/doc/API/Cabal /Distribution-Version.html#t%3AVersion Version] is from the `Cabal` library. Having just a `String` for the version type is also OK and maybe even preferable because otherwise a dependency on the `Cabal` library is required. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/823 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects