ghci's :def takes a 'String -> IO String' and converts it into a ghci command.
this makes it possible to pass a command parameter to a haskell function,
and to interpret the result of the call as a ghci command.
that is nice, but how do i get access to the command's output? that is,
i'd like to run a ghci command, and capture its ouput as a haskell String,
eg, to pass it on to another ghci command, or to a haskell function.
perhaps something simple, like an additional ghci top-level binding:
GHCi.cmd :: String -> IO String
so that i could write things like
let doSomething output = ..
:def mymodules \_->GHCi.cmd ":show modules" >>= doSomething
or a way to compose ghci commands, so that i could write
:def doSomething \output->..
:def mymodules \_->return ":show modules :>>= :doSomething"
would that be difficult to provide?
claus
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