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-rw-r--r--ghc/GHCi/UI.hs4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ghc/GHCi/UI.hs b/ghc/GHCi/UI.hs
index e2f51be65f..34bb627238 100644
--- a/ghc/GHCi/UI.hs
+++ b/ghc/GHCi/UI.hs
@@ -3460,6 +3460,10 @@ stepLocalCmd arg = withSandboxOnly ":steplocal" $ step arg
mb_span <- getCurrentBreakSpan
case mb_span of
Nothing -> stepCmd []
+ Just (UnhelpfulSpan _) -> liftIO $ putStrLn ( -- #14690
+ ":steplocal is not possible." ++
+ "\nCannot determine current top-level binding after " ++
+ "a break on error / exception.\nUse :stepmodule.")
Just loc -> do
md <- fromMaybe (panic "stepLocalCmd") <$> getCurrentBreakModule
current_toplevel_decl <- enclosingTickSpan md loc