How about removing any dependency in GHC on the current working
#11069: :cd in GHCi unloads modules -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mgsloan | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.10.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: Other | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by goldfire): Replying to [comment:1 thomie]: directory, and instead store it when the session is initialized?
Go ahead. GHCi is just as unmaintained as hpc, so it's all yours to fix.
Whoa. I don't think of GHCi as unmaintained. The debugger in GHCi is regrettably unmaintained. But the rest of it gets active work, no? And I don't agree with the proposed change. I may be an exception to the normal Haskell workflow, but I do most of my work in GHCi without reference to a cabalized package. (Usually, I'm just testing different constructs, not building a project intended for release.) I use `:cd` and expect it to change my working directory used for finding modules. If I understand correctly, the proposed change would eliminate this workflow. (I do find it annoying that all my modules get unloaded when I move directories, as that's not always my intent.) So I think a bit of a larger discussion is in order before making this breaking change. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11069#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler