Abhiroop Sarkar
Is it possible to view the types generated in the GHC.Prim module on my local machine?
The commentary[1] states that it is a virtual module and a source file including dummy declarations are available in this location: ` libraries/base/GHC/Prim.hs`, however, upon downloading and building the latest GHC codebase I could not find this dummy file on my machine. Do I have to modify my Makefile somehow to generate these dummy types?
Indeed GHC.Prim is no longer exposed by `base`; it's now in the `ghc-prim` library. If you have built the compiler you should find the module generated for Haddock in libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen/GHC/Prim.hs. I've updated the commentary to reflect this new location. You can also use the :browse GHCi command to dump the module's declarations. Cheers, - Ben