id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,os,architecture,failure,difficulty,testcase,blockedby,blocking,related
2344,oddity with package prefixes for data constructors,claus,,"consider
{{{
$ ./ghc-6.9.20080514/bin/ghcii.sh
GHCi, version 6.9.20080514: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
Prelude> :browse Data.Time.Clock
getCurrentTime :: IO UTCTime
newtype DiffTime
  = time-1.1.2.0:Data.Time.Clock.Scale.MkDiffTime Data.Fixed.Pico
newtype NominalDiffTime
  = time-1.1.2.0:Data.Time.Clock.UTC.MkNominalDiffTime Data.Fixed.Pico
data UTCTime
  = UTCTime {utctDay :: time-1.1.2.0:Data.Time.Calendar.Days.Day,
             utctDayTime :: DiffTime}
newtype UniversalTime
  = ModJulianDate {getModJulianDate :: Rational}
addUTCTime :: NominalDiffTime -> UTCTime -> UTCTime
diffUTCTime :: UTCTime -> UTCTime -> NominalDiffTime
picosecondsToDiffTime :: Integer -> DiffTime
secondsToDiffTime :: Integer -> DiffTime
}}}
there is only one time package installed, so i'm surprised to see any package prefixes at all here
{{{
$ ./ghc-6.9.20080514/bin/ghc-pkg.exe find-module Data.Time.\*
c:/fptools/ghc/ghc-6.9.20080514\package.conf:
    time-1.1.2.0
}}}
but by what system do some things get prefixes and others don't? are there any invisible modules that need the distinction, or is this an output bug?",feature request,new,normal,_|_,GHCi,6.9,,,,Unknown/Multiple,Unknown/Multiple,,Unknown,,,,