Abhiroop Sarkar <asiamgen...@gmail.com> writes: > Is it possible to view the types generated in the GHC.Prim module on my > local machine? > > The commentary[1] states that it is a virtual module and a source file > including dummy declarations are available in this location: ` > libraries/base/GHC/Prim.hs`, however, upon downloading and building the > latest GHC codebase I could not find this dummy file on my machine. Do I > have to modify my Makefile somehow to generate these dummy types? > Indeed GHC.Prim is no longer exposed by `base`; it's now in the `ghc-prim` library. If you have built the compiler you should find the module generated for Haddock in libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen/GHC/Prim.hs. I've updated the commentary to reflect this new location.
You can also use the :browse GHCi command to dump the module's declarations. Cheers, - Ben
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