#7765: Odd error message for `runghc` with missing `main` function. ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: isaacdupree | Owner: igloo Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.1 Keywords: | Os: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Changes (by simonpj): * owner: => igloo * difficulty: => Unknown Comment: Nothing to do with `runghc` really; its the `-e` mode: {{{ ghc -e wombat what.hs <interactive>:1:1: Not in scope: ‛womab’ }}} But really it should say {{{ what.hs:1:33: Not in scope: `main' Perhaps you meant `min' (imported from Prelude) }}} I'm not sure where the `-e` processing happens, and couldn't find it with a quick look. Ian, you've been refactoring the pipeline recently, might you look? Simon -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7765#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

#7765: Odd error message for `runghc` with missing `main` function. ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: isaacdupree | Owner: igloo Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.1 Keywords: | Os: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase: Blockedby: | Blocking: Related: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment(by simonpj): Oh, sorry, I meant that it should say {{{ what.hs:1:1: The function `main' is not defined in module `Main' }}} If instead it was {{{ module What2 where foo = True }}} and you said {{{ ght -e bar What2.hs }}} then a "not in scope" message would make more sense. But in the common case of 'main' (which is what happens with `runghc`), the `No main in Main` message is better Simon -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7765#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler