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Linters for libraries

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Description

HLint currently only ships with linters for libraries in the base package. I should expand that, and let anyone contribute additional ones. However, I'd need some kind of module scoping so that importers for unused libraries aren't applied all the time. e.g. if you import Data.Pretty then the pretty hints are used. There is one example is #12, but I can think of lots more.

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Research direction

Start by reading the existing library linters shipped in HLint and the example referenced by issue #12. Determine how additional linters could be contributed and how imports such as Data.Pretty would scope their hints. Done means library linters are extensible and only activate for relevant module imports.

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Tech stack
haskell
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tooling
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
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