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Is it possible to search by partial signature?
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Description
I've been enjoying Hoogle a lot, it makes it a lot easier to get acclimated to a new codebase, and it works so quickly too. I've got a common enough issue though, say I'm looking through a library I'm not familiar with and I know I want to use specific type in a function, but I don't know which position in the argument list it is, is there a way to do that?
For example in discord-haskell, I want to learn more about Button. I can search '+discord-haskell ActionRow' (coloring by aft), which'll return something that includes [Button] in its signature
but '+discord-haskell Button' doesn't list that same function:
Is there a way to use wildcards maybe? I looked through the manual and it doesn't seem possible, but it would be nifty to do for sure!
I was effectively hoping to do something like +discord-haskell *Button* or +discord-haskell -> Button to be able to search through function signatures.
Thanks for making Hoogle!
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Research direction
Start with the searching section of README.md and the query examples described in the issue. Trace how Hoogle handles type-signature terms, then define and verify behavior for partial signatures or wildcards; done means a query for Button can find signatures containing it in any argument position, with the supported syntax documented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100