ndmitchell / ndmitchell/hoogle
Special searches misinterpretted
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- Haskell
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Description
From https://code.google.com/p/ndmitchell/issues/detail?id=61
The following searches go wrong:
[] - searches for nothing
: - doesn't find lists
Contributor guide
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported searches [] and : in Hoogle and trace the search parser or entry point that handles them. Confirm the intended behavior from the linked issue, then add regression coverage showing that [] does not search for nothing and : finds lists.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100