#11551: Get doctests into testsuite -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: lwm | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Core Libraries | Version: 7.10.3 Resolution: | Keywords: | documentation, doctest Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Documentation | Unknown/Multiple bug | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by phadej): you have to compile doctests against the same compiler you are testing with. - A compiled ghc master - patched ghc-paths: https://github.com/simonmar/ghc-paths/pull/9 (not sure if actually necessary) - compiled doctest using just compiled ghc - `.../build/doctest/doctest libraries/base/Data/Maybe.hs` - profit {{{ Examples: 44 Tried: 44 Errors: 0 Failures: 0 }}} Maybe, Char and Either pass, Functor got: {{{ ### Failure in libraries/base/Data/Functor.hs:49: expression `show <$> Nothing' expected: "Nothing" but got: "" "\ESC[;1m<interactive>:31:6: \ESC[;1m\ESC[31merror:\ESC[;1m" " Ambiguous occurrence \8216<$>\8217" " It could refer to either \8216Data.Functor.<$>\8217," " defined at libraries/base/Data/Functor.hs:73:1" " or \8216Prelude.<$>\8217," " imported from \8216Prelude\8217 (and originally defined in \8216Data.Functor\8217)\ESC[0m" }}} nasty colorcodes! -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11551#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler