hoogle-plugin

Hoogle Plugin

Note! Needs GHC 8.10

An example of a hole fit plugin for GHC that can filter by module and searches the local Hoogle for fits (if hoogle is available, and the -fplugin-opt=HolePlugin:hoogle is set).

make sure that hoogle is installed (for demo of hoogle features) and that the local hoogle database has been generated (with hoogle generate)

then, build with

  cabal new-build test

and modify test/Main.hs to try it out (or run it on your own files).

Example Output:

When run on:

{-# OPTIONS -fplugin=HolePlugin -fplugin-opt=HolePlugin:hoogle #-}
-- Make sure to remove the hoogle opt if hoogle is not available locally
module Main where

import Prelude hiding (head, last)

import Data.List (head, last)

t :: [Int] -> Int
t = _module_Prelude

g :: [Int] -> Int
g = _module_Data_List

main :: IO ()
main = print $ t [1,2,3]

the output is:

Main.hs:14:5: error:
    • Found hole: _module_Prelude :: [Int] -> Int
      Or perhaps ‘_module_Prelude’ is mis-spelled, or not in scope
    • In the expression: _module_Prelude
      In an equation for ‘t’: t = _module_Prelude
    • Relevant bindings include
        t :: [Int] -> Int (bound at Main.hs:14:1)
      Valid hole fits include
        Hoogle says: GHC.List length :: [a] -> Int
        Hoogle says: GHC.OldList length :: [a] -> Int
        t :: [Int] -> Int (bound at Main.hs:14:1)
        g :: [Int] -> Int (bound at Main.hs:17:1)
        length :: forall (t :: * -> *) a. Foldable t => t a -> Int
          with length @[] @Int
          (imported from ‘Prelude’ at Main.hs:5:1-34
           (and originally defined in ‘Data.Foldable’))
        maximum :: forall (t :: * -> *) a. (Foldable t, Ord a) => t a -> a
          with maximum @[] @Int
          (imported from ‘Prelude’ at Main.hs:5:1-34
           (and originally defined in ‘Data.Foldable’))
        (Some hole fits suppressed; use -fmax-valid-hole-fits=N or -fno-max-valid-hole-fits)
   |
14 | t = _module_Prelude
   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Main.hs:17:5: error:
    • Found hole: _module_Data_List :: [Int] -> Int
      Or perhaps ‘_module_Data_List’ is mis-spelled, or not in scope
    • In the expression: _module_Data_List
      In an equation for ‘g’: g = _module_Data_List
    • Relevant bindings include
        g :: [Int] -> Int (bound at Main.hs:17:1)
      Valid hole fits include
        Hoogle says: GHC.List length :: [a] -> Int
        Hoogle says: GHC.OldList length :: [a] -> Int
        g :: [Int] -> Int (bound at Main.hs:17:1)
        head :: forall a. [a] -> a
          with head @Int
          (imported from ‘Data.List’ at Main.hs:7:19-22
           (and originally defined in ‘GHC.List’))
        last :: forall a. [a] -> a
          with last @Int
          (imported from ‘Data.List’ at Main.hs:7:25-28
           (and originally defined in ‘GHC.List’))
   |
17 | g = _module_Data_List