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RE: :reload when machine clock is ahead of file-system clock: msg#00018

lang.haskell.glasgow.bugs

Subject: RE: :reload when machine clock is ahead of file-system clock

On 12 August 2004 00:18, Mike Gunter wrote:

> For me, :reload often seems to treat an out-of-date interpreted module
> as up-to-date. I think this is a consequence of my machine clock
> being ahead of my file-system clock.
>
> I believe this behavior results from the use of getClockTime as the
> linkableTime for interpreted modules. It seems more correct to use
> the mtime of the source. In general, it seems best not to compare
> local-machine times and file-system times.

Good idea. I've made that change.

Cheers,
Simon


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