On 2014-07-15 19:30, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
On 07/14/2014 11:23 PM, Andrew Gibiansky wrote:
Hey all,
I would like to propose a very minor flag to add to GHC. I would like GHC to have a --with-prelude flag, which would specify an alternate Prelude to use instead of the default Haskell prelude.
This would have an effect similar to -XNoImplicitPrelude and an additional
import MyNewPrelude
in the source file. It might be a /little/ different semantically, as a qualified import would disable the original implicit import, just like it does with the default Haskell prelude.
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We went down this road once before with -fglasgow-exts. Eventually, we all realized it was much better to place the required extensions in pragmas at the top of the file.
Except "we" don't :). "We" use flags in the .cabal file. Or, at least I do. Explicitness certainly sometimes has great value, but not always. Regards,