GHCi has trouble with 'foreign' when it is not a keyword
In Haskell 98 mode, foreign is not a keyword at all. The following is an example of a valid Haskell 98 program:
{-# LANGUAGE Haskell98 #-}
module F where
foreign :: Int
foreign = 42
However, it seems noone told GHCi about this:
12:42:38 [cactus@galaxy hs]$ ghci -XHaskell98
GHCi, version 7.8.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help
Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done.
Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done.
Loading package base ... linking ... done.
λ» x = 42 -- Expected to fail
<interactive>:2:3: parse error on input ‘=’
λ» x -- Expected to fail
<interactive>:3:1: Not in scope: ‘x’
λ» -- So this should fail as well, right?
λ» foreign = 42
λ» -- Nope
λ» foreign
42
λ» -- But wait, there's more!
λ» foreign -- boo!
<interactive>:9:1:
Parse error: naked expression at top level
Perhaps you intended to use TemplateHaskell
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| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 7.8.3 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler (Parser) |
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