scope in ghci. Reply

Martin Norb writes

I just noticed this behavior with ghci

After loading a module with

:l Module

you can't use the Prelude functions unqualified, you just get things like

<interactive>:1: Variable not in scope: `show'

I am pretty sure that this worked some days ago, and I was using the same version then.

I feel totally confused. Has this happened to anyone else?

Even if Prelude is visible, still the library items are not. (List.sort, Ratio ...). Maybe, this is natural, I do not know. But I believe, it is possible to control the scope. For example, create a module Universe.hs which re-exports Prelude, libraries and user programs. Then, :l Universe should bring to scope all these items. ----------------- Serge Mechveliani mechvel@botik.ru