[GHC] #1125: "module main:Foo is not loaded" when trying to load a module from a user package in ghci

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#1125: "module main:Foo is not loaded" when trying to load a module from a user
package in ghci
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 Reporter:  igloo     |          Owner:         
     Type:  bug       |         Status:  closed 
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:  6.6.1  
Component:  Compiler  |        Version:  6.6    
 Severity:  normal    |     Resolution:  invalid
 Keywords:            |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:            |   Architecture:  Unknown
       Os:  Unknown   |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * resolution:  => invalid
  * status:  new => closed

Comment:

 This isn't a bug.  It works like this:

  * You have built and installed a package "p", containing module `Foo`.

  * You start up GHCi and ask it to add module `Foo` to the context,
    you expect to get `p:Foo`.

  * GHCi finds the file `Foo.hs` in the current directory.  It assumes
    that this contains module `Foo` from the `main` package: `main:Foo`.
    Modules from the `main` package take precedence over package modules
    for the purposes of `import` and `:module`.

  * Since you haven't loaded `main:Foo` in your current GHCi session,
    GHCi emits an error to that effect.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1125>
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