Matthew Pickering
Hi all,
Csongor has informed me that he has worked out how to load GHC into GHCi which can then be used with ghcid for a more interactive development experience.
1. Put this .ghci file in compiler/
https://gist.github.com/mpickering/73749e7783f40cc762fec171b879704c
2. Run "../inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 --interactive -odir tmp -hidir tmp" from inside compiler/
It may take a while and require a little bit of memory but in the end all 500 or so modules will be loaded.
It can also be used with ghcid.
ghcid -c "../inplace/bin/ghc-stage2 --interactive -odir tmp -hidir tmp"
Hopefully someone who has more RAM than I.
Can anyone suggest the suitable place on the wiki for this information?
How about on a new page (e.g. Building/InGhci) linked to from, * https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building * https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WorkingConventions (in the Tips & Tricks section) It might also be a good idea to add a script to the tree capturing this pattern. Cheers, - Ben