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eta reduction in GHCi for an educational purpose

Hello,\\ Is it possible to have in GHCi an eta reduction of an expression for an educational purpose?\\ We would have access by typing a command like this on the line :eta reduction <expr> with the following annotation show the eta reduction of <expr> in short :er <expr>.\\ example:\\

Prelude> length xs = foldl (\n _ -> n+1) 0 xs
Prelude> :eta reduction length --or :er length
length = foldl (\n _ -> n+1) 0
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Version 8.0.2
Type FeatureRequest
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Component GHCi
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