Max Bolingbroke wrote:
Agreed: I've implemented this too. I've also added fuzzy matching to package search:
""" $ stage2/ghc-inplace --make ../Test1.hs
../Test1.hs:3:7: Could not find module `Data.Lost': Use -v to see a list of the files searched for. Maybe you meant `Data.List'
$ stage2/ghc-inplace --make ../Test2.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( ../Test2.hs, ../Test2.o )
../Test2.hs:7:14: Not in scope: `isSpace' Maybe you meant `Char.isSpace' """
In terms of making error messages more helpful, I don't find general typos are much of an issue, but this part would be really nice! I've always been annoyed that GHC just says "no" rather than offering suggestions (-v is rarely helpful), especially since it knows about what modules are installed et al. Granted it's still an easy class of bugs to fix, but this is a much friendlier way of fixing them. -- Live well, ~wren