[redirecting to hugs-users] On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 03:30:11PM +0500, David Tolpin wrote:

I'm trying to use xmlrpc module with hugs. The problems are not really related to this particulare module, so the question is here.

A module generated from the DTD for XML-RPC by HaXml contains import in the following form:

import Prelude (all, maybe, (++))

or something like that to avoid name conflicts with types of the same name defined in the module. In Hugs it leads to (:) not being imported into the module. Is there a way to import just (:) from the Prelude? Is there a way to import all but some symbols from some module? Is (:) a data constructor?

The (:) thing is a documented bug in Hugs: it should be special, but Hugs incorrectly treats it like a user-defined data constructor name. To make it also work with Hugs, you have to use the alternative form import Prelude hiding (various, conflicting, names)