hlint(1)

hlint1

Haskell source code suggestions

Usage

hlint [files/directories] [options]

Overview

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

Examples

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

hlint src --report

Releases

8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 6.0–7
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 10–13

Author

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

From hlint 3.6.1-1+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.