#8734: 7.8.1 rc1 ghci won't load compiled files ------------------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: George | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: high | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Documentation | Version: Resolution: invalid | 7.8.1-rc1 Operating System: MacOS X | Keywords: Type of failure: Incorrect result at runtime | Architecture: Test Case: | Unknown/Multiple Blocking: | Difficulty: | Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: ------------------------------------------------+-------------------------- Changes (by George): * component: GHCi => Documentation Comment: Then perhaps this is a doc bug? The GHC users guide. Ch.2, sec 3 on loading compiled code (../ghc-7.8.20140130/docs/users_guide/users_guide /ghci-compiled.html) has: "When loading up source modules with :load, GHCi normally looks for any corresponding compiled object files, and will use one in preference to interpreting the source if possible. Is there any design doc on the dynamic linking changes that you could point me to? Also some user documentation on how to use dyn_o files in conjunction with ghci? Thanks for everybody's quick response. I;m hoping there is some documentation that you can point me at to get up too speed. I've probably missed some obvious things. Thanks again. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8734#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler