#9394: Show data/type family instances with ghci's :info command -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: s9gf4ult | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: ghci | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Unknown | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Current version of ghci (7.6.3) does not show data instances. For example, I have some Yesod application and I want to see all data constructors of (Route App) data family instance: {{{#!hs *Application> :info Route App class Eq (Route a) => yesod-routes-1.2.0.6:Yesod.Routes.Class.RenderRoute a where data family Route a1 ... -- Defined in `yesod-routes-1.2.0.6:Yesod.Routes.Class' instance Eq (Route App) -- Defined at Foundation.hs:48:1 instance Read (Route App) -- Defined at Foundation.hs:48:1 ................. }}} It just shows info about `Route`, then info about `App` separately. When I try this: {{{#!hs *Application> :info (Route App) <interactive>:1:2: parse error on input `Route' }}} I am getting parse error. I offer to use this syntax (with parentheses) to show info about instance of data/type family, namely, data constructors and such stuff, just like for ordinal `data`. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9394 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler