Combined -odir/-hidir flag
Many of my command line invocations are:
ghc -odir obj -hidir obj ...I nearly always set both -odir and -hidir to the same thing, typically to just ask for the temporary files to not crowd the code files. It would be useful if there was one combined flag, perhaps -tdir (temporary), which gave default values to both -odir and -hidir.
Another option (suggested by quicksilver) is that -hidir could default to -odir unless set explicitly - since .hi files are really just compiler details, as far as the user is concerned.
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| Version | 6.8.2 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
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| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
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