HLINT(1)

🦋 HLint — haskell source code suggestions 🦋

okay bestie, so this is the HLint manual page (that's section 1 of the User Commands manual, iykyk) and honestly? it's giving "your very opinionated Haskell friend who's always right." let's get into it 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

hlint [files/directories] [options]

literally just point it at stuff and hand it options, that's the whole vibe 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

HLint is a tool for suggesting possible improvements to Haskell code. no cap.

the suggestions include ideas such as using alternative functions, simplifying code and spotting redundancies. it's basically a vibe check for your codebase — except the codebase is the one getting checked 💀✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -?, --help — Display help message. your "wait what do I do again" button 🫶
• -v, --version — Display version information.
• -r[file], --report[=file] — Generate a report in HTML. cute little HTML report, iconic 🎀
• -h file, --hint=file — Hint/ignore file to use.
• -c, --color, --colour — Color the output (requires ANSI terminal). yes, both spellings — she's bilingual 💅 note the ANSI terminal requirement, bestie, fr fr.
• -i message, --ignore=message — Ignore a particular hint.
• -s, --show — Show all ignored ideas. the receipts 👑
• -t, --test — Run in test mode.

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

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

hlint src --report

ate. no crumbs. that's it, that's the whole example 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The full documentation for HLint is available in /usr/share/doc/hlint/hlint.html. go read it, it's lowkey the main character 👑

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was written by Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). slay, thank you Joachim 🫶

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heads up bestie: this page is HLint (C) Neil Mitchell 2006-2009, and it's dated July 2009 — so like, vintage, but make it ✨iconic✨. written in the User Commands manual, section 1, and yeah, that's a wrap 💖🦋🎀