Re: Module imports anywhere

23 Oct 2006


      On Sun, 22 Oct 2006, Bulat Ziganshin wrote:
...
Hello Henning,
Sunday, October 22, 2006, 5:48:11 PM, you wrote:
...
I don't see the benefit of allowing imports anywhere at top-level.
it is useful to move together imports and related code. say:
#if HUGS
import Hugs.Base
addInt = hugsAddInt
#elseif GHC
import GHC.Base
addInt = ghcAddInt
#endif
currently we are forced to make separate sections for import and use:
#if HUGS
import Hugs.Base
#elseif GHC
import GHC.Base
#endif
#if HUGS
addInt = hugsAddInt
#elseif GHC
addInt = ghcAddInt
#endif
We just need a system for plugging together system-dependent modules, 
that's all. We do not need preprocessor hacks for this issue:
  http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2006-August/017503.html

Re: Module imports anywhere

Henning Thielemann