#13704: -main-is flag should change exports in default module header -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: cdsmith | Owner: (none) Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 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: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The -main-is option to GHC should probably change the export list for the default module header. It doesn't. {{{ $ cat Main.hs program = return () $ ghc -main-is Main.program Main.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( Main.hs, Main.o ) Main.hs:1:1: error: Not in scope: ‘main’ Perhaps you meant ‘min’ (imported from Prelude) Main.hs:1:1: error: The main IO action ‘program’ is not exported by module ‘Main’ }}} I cannot imagine any possible use case for a feature that changes the entry point name to something else, and then deliberately fails to export the symbol by that name. This seems like an obvious thing to fix. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13704 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler