#11801: RFC: Make browse command display everything unqualified -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: lowest | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- What the title says, sometimes the output of `:browse` (`:bro`) is highly verbose. If you want unqualified names you need to (as far as I know) import the modules in question, even then names may still be qualified if they clash with names from other modules in scope. {{{ ghci> :browse Control.Applicative.Free data Control.Applicative.Free.Ap (f :: * -> *) a where Control.Applicative.Free.Pure :: a -> Control.Applicative.Free.Ap f a Control.Applicative.Free.Ap :: (f a1) -> (Control.Applicative.Free.Ap f (a1 -> a)) -> Control.Applicative.Free.Ap f a Control.Applicative.Free.hoistAp :: (forall a. f a -> g a) -> Control.Applicative.Free.Ap f b -> Control.Applicative.Free.Ap g b }}} versus {{{ ghci> :newbrowse Control.Applicative.Free data Ap (f :: * -> *) a where Pure :: a -> Ap f a Ap :: (f a1) -> (Ap f (a1 -> a)) -> Ap f a hoistAp :: (forall a. f a -> g a) -> Ap f b -> Ap g b ... }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11801 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler