On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:10:04PM +0100, Claus Reinke wrote:
-- Data.hs (yes..) module Data(module Time) where import Data.Time as Time
I'm a bit confused; is this Data module necessary? If so, is its name important? Are you proposing a new extension?
for context:
- taking time as a small example, i was looking for a way around this limitation, to reexport time's modules via a different package:
- it seems that cabal needs some sources for exported modules - module Data.Time where import Data.Time, then exposing Data.Time, does not work, because of cycle - module Data(module Time) import Data.Time as Time, then exposing Data, does work, as demonstrated
But the above is making a module called Data which exports everything that Data.Time exports. The Data.Time user isn't importing Data, so I don't see how that can help. As far as I can see, if this does work then there is at least one misfeature involved. Thanks Ian