On Friday 03 March 2006 15:10, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
it will also be great to make syntax analysis of all source files before compiling them. typical situation - after correcting program i run --make, long wait while some modules will be compiled and only after that ghc complains about some error. it's not yet feature req, just some thoughts about ideal compilation cycle: first syntax check all modules and print errors, then perform type analysis and report errors, then compile correct modules. what other haskellers think about this?
Sounds nice. But is it possible? I have no idea.
another problem is what ghc tries to print entire block when it encounters error. but this block can contain hundreds of lines! moreover, error message and line number printed at the beginning, so on 25-line terminal it's just impossible to know anything about bug! it will be great to print maximum one line, i think
25-line terminal and no scroll bar, how poor. I thought that everybody nowadays has access to screens with graphical resolutions, not? Anyway, this would be an nice option, but it should not be the default. What about compiler switch --terse? Ben