#1388: Newbie help features -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Milestone: ⊥ Priority: low | Version: 6.6.1 Component: GHCi | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: | Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour) Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Type of failure: | Related Tickets: None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Changes (by nomeata): * cc: hvr (added) * failure: => None/Unknown Comment: `type Bar = (Char, Int)` works now in GHCi. `f = 1` doesn’t, but given that GHCi supports all(?) other toplevel declarations by now, I wonder why. I could even print something helpful like {{{

f = 1 Defined: f :: Num a => a }}} or less verbose {{{ f = 1 f :: Num a => a }}} so that the user knows what’s going on. Or simply treat it exactly like `let f = 1`.

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