Thanks for all the answers, in particular the history (quoted) was informative! So for now the answer is indeed probably to use both, starting with Hoogle if I am searching by type. And if you do find that old hayoo command line search script yes please :P (esp the offline one, I do so much studying on airplanes that even if I couldn't download the package knowing I didn't need to build it myself would be great)! If I get irked enough at the browser to hack together a wget/cut/grep (or-dare-i-say-ruby) script to search hayoo from bash I will post it somewhere haskelly!
Neil Mitchell wrote: > > Hi, > > It probably helps to know some of the history, as it explains a lot of > what you see today. Hoogle was written first (about 5 years ago now), > before there was hackage (so it doesn't search hackage), and with an > emphasis on type search (as that's cool). Hayoo came a lot later > (about 2 years ago at most). Hoogle will be gaining the ability to do > a full search of Hackage - I'm just waiting to get some bits sorted > out first. There isn't really a technical obstacle, I've just not had > the time to finish the implementation. > > Use whichever you choose, but if you use Hayoo for some reason other > than Hoogle not searching all packages, I'd love to know. > > Thanks, Neil > > 2009/12/7 drostin77 <ml.nwgr...@gmail.com>: >> >> Hello Hopefully Helpful Haskell Community! >> >> (I really wanted that to be alliteration... couldn't come up with an h >> word >> for community) >> >> I've just started learning Haskell (working my way through "Real World >> Haskell" and really liking it)! I have started to appreciate that there >> are >> a lot of Haskell libraries I will want to search and access quite >> regularly >> when I work on Haskell projects, so I had the following questions: >> >> 1. Hoogle and Hayoo: I'm a bit confused by the difference here. From >> initial impressions it seems that Hayoo is linked to Hackage, but Hoogle >> is >> not? And it seems that Hayoo is, well, "Similar to Hoogle, but with less >> focus on type search." Should I check both of these when I want a >> library, >> or choose one and go with it...? Or is it indeed better to search Hayoo >> when I'm thinking of a named library and Hoogle when I think I know the >> type >> signature for just the function I need? >> >> 2. I much prefer a command line search interface to a browser, I see >> Hoogle >> offers such a tool, does Hayoo? >> >> P.S. If these questions are in the wrong place, or if they are already >> answered in detail somewhere that my Googling didn't find please feel >> free >> to paste a link and tell me to search better next time! >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/Hayoo-and-Hoogle-%28beginner-question%29-tp26669924p26669924.html >> Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Hayoo-and-Hoogle-%28beginner-question%29-tp26669924p26687210.html Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
