hlint (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

HLint – haskell source code suggestions

SYNOPSIS

hlint [files/directories] [options]

DESCRIPTION

HLint is a tool for suggesting possible improvements to Haskell code. These suggestions include ideas such as using alternative functions, simplifying code and spotting redundancies.

OPTIONS

-? –help

Display help message

-v –version

Display version information

-r[file] –report[=file]

Generate a report in HTML

-h file –hint=file

Hint/ignore file to use

-c –color, –colour

Color the output (requires ANSI terminal)

-i message –ignore=message

Ignore a particular hint

-s –show

Show all ignored ideas

-t –test

Run in test mode

EXAMPLE

"To check all Haskell files in ‘src’ and generate a report type:"

hlint src –report

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for HLint is available in /usr/share/doc/hlint/hlint.html.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Joachim Breitner <nomeata [at] debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

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