ndmitchell / ndmitchell/hoogle

doing --d wrong?

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fixed in v5
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Description

Puzzled by hoogle:

hoogle dump .hoogle/hoogle.hoo returns:
.. ("flag_ignoreallexports",ctor Flag) ..

hoogle --d=~/.hoogle/haddock.hoo Flag_IgnoreAllExports
No results found

hoogle --d=~/.hoogle/haddock.hoo "haddock :: [String] -> IO ()"
No results found

Hoogle v4.2.34

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the hoogle dump .hoogle/hoogle.hoo output and both hoogle --d=... searches shown in the issue. Compare how the dumped entries are represented with how --d queries them; done means the behavior is explained and the searches return the expected results or the issue is clarified as invalid.

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Assessment

Tech stack
haskell
Domain
cli, search
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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