commands, we could add a flag to enhance :type's output.

Would it be overkill to have two flags, one that enabled showing the full type + specializations, and a "newbie mode" flag that only showed a few specializations?

Daniel.

Dear cafe,

I'm forwarding mail from ghc-devs ML [1].

I think `:type` command is very important for beginners and middle users.

Please feedback your opinion to them ;)

[1]: https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2016-April/011933.html

> 2016-04-26 22:08 GMT+09:00 Richard Eisenberg <e...@cis.upenn.edu>:

> Hi devs,

> 

> Over the weekend, I was pondering the Haskell course I will be teaching next year and shuddered at having to teach Foldable at the same time as `length`. So I implemented feature request #10963 (https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10963), which allows for a way for a user to request a specialization of a type. It all works wonderfully, but there is a real user-facing design issue here around the default behavior of :type and whether or not to add new :type-y like commands. I have outlined the situation here: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Design/GHCi/Type

> 

> I'd love some broad input on this issue. If you've got a stake in how this all works, please skim that wiki page and comment on #10963.

> 

> Thanks!

> Richard

Cheers,

Takenobu