Haskell Language Modules Exporting Constructors
Example
To export the type and all its constructors, one must use the following syntax:
module X (Person (..)) where
So, for the following top-level definitions in a file called People.hs:
data Person = Friend String | Foe deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
isFoe Foe = True
isFoe _ = False
This module declaration at the top:
module People (Person (..)) where
would only export Person and its constructors Friend and Foe.
If the export list following the module keyword is omitted, all of the names bound at the top level of the module would be exported:
module People where
would export Person, its constructors, and the isFoe function.
