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authorTakenobu Tani <takenobu.hs@gmail.com>2017-08-17 10:28:01 -0400
committerBen Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>2017-08-17 16:42:55 -0400
commit3385669683b8bc150c6df3cb43320dfc6f80fcd9 (patch)
treeed14e3808a9c5aeece7a145ace4e707398864765
parent0e1b6f85c69834e907ebcb9fcb5c94e6a2fb3287 (diff)
downloadhaskell-3385669683b8bc150c6df3cb43320dfc6f80fcd9.tar.gz
user-guide: fix examples of ghci commands
Fix examples of ghci commands: * correct typos * add top-level binding without let statement * modify Time.getClockTime to Data.Time.getZonedTime * modify Directory.setCurrentDirectory * modify ghc version number Test Plan: build Reviewers: austin, bgamari Reviewed By: bgamari Subscribers: rwbarton, thomie Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D3852
-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/ghci.rst29
-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/using.rst4
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst b/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst
index fe481ae799..52fbf6e323 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ghci.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ command ``ghci``:
.. code-block:: none
$ ghci
- GHCi, version 8.0.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
+ GHCi, version 8.y.z: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
Prelude>
There may be a short pause while GHCi loads the prelude and standard
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ GHCi, since the expression can also be interpreted in the ``IO`` monad,
a ``let`` binding with no accompanying ``in`` statement can be signalled
by an empty line, as in the above example.
+Since GHC 8.0.1, you can bind values and functions to names without ``let`` statement:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ Prelude> x = 42
+ Prelude> x
+ 42
+ Prelude>
+
.. _loading-source-files:
Loading source files
@@ -987,10 +996,10 @@ of type ``a``. eg.:
.. code-block:: none
- Prelude> Time.getClockTime
- Wed Mar 14 12:23:13 GMT 2001
+ Prelude> Data.Time.getZonedTime
+ 2017-04-10 12:34:56.93213581 UTC
Prelude> print it
- Wed Mar 14 12:23:13 GMT 2001
+ 2017-04-10 12:34:56.93213581 UTC
The corresponding translation for an IO-typed ``e`` is
@@ -1162,7 +1171,7 @@ printed value. Running GHCi with the command:
.. code-block:: none
- ghci -interactive-print=SpecPrinter.sprinter SpecPrinter
+ ghci -interactive-print=SpecPrinter.sprint SpecPrinter
will start an interactive session where values with be printed using
``sprint``:
@@ -1971,7 +1980,7 @@ by using the :ghc-flag:`-package ⟨pkg⟩` flag:
.. code-block:: none
$ ghci -package readline
- GHCi, version 6.8.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
+ GHCi, version 8.y.z: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Loading package readline-1.0 ... linking ... done.
Prelude>
@@ -2238,17 +2247,17 @@ commonly used commands.
.. code-block:: none
- Prelude> let date _ = Time.getClockTime >>= print >> return ""
+ Prelude> let date _ = Data.Time.getZonedTime >>= print >> return ""
Prelude> :def date date
Prelude> :date
- Fri Mar 23 15:16:40 GMT 2001
+ 2017-04-10 12:34:56.93213581 UTC
Here's an example of a command that takes an argument. It's a
re-implementation of :ghci-cmd:`:cd`:
.. code-block:: none
- Prelude> let mycd d = Directory.setCurrentDirectory d >> return ""
+ Prelude> let mycd d = System.Directory.setCurrentDirectory d >> return ""
Prelude> :def mycd mycd
Prelude> :mycd ..
@@ -2745,7 +2754,7 @@ commonly used commands.
*X> :type +v length
length :: forall (t :: * -> *). Foldable t => forall a. t a -> Int
-.. ghci-cmd:: :type +d ⟨expression⟩
+.. ghci-cmd:: :type +d; ⟨expression⟩
Infers and prints the type of ⟨expression⟩, defaulting type variables
if possible. In this mode, if the inferred type is constrained by
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.rst b/docs/users_guide/using.rst
index dff9603b66..6dde0ee423 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/using.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/using.rst
@@ -636,8 +636,8 @@ messages and in GHCi:
.. code-block:: none
ghci> :set -fprint-unicode-syntax
- ghci> :t (>>)
- (>>) :: ∀ (m :: * → *) a b. Monad m ⇒ m a → m b → m b
+ ghci> :t +v (>>)
+ (>>) ∷ Monad m ⇒ ∀ a b. m a → m b → m b
.. _pretty-printing-types: