Prompts to restart Haskell process after every character typed in an identifer

[bmmoore]

After trying and failing to start a Haskell process, typing a character at the end of an identifer in the Haskell buffer prompts to restart again.

I have haskell-mode 13.10, GHC 7.8.3, cabal-install version 1.20.0.3 using version 1.20.0.2.

To reproduce, it's enough to make a trivial .cabal file for a Test.hs containing the line

module Test where main

After something like C-c C-l that tries to start a haskell process, the process will die with the log showing the compiler error message. After that, adding letters to the end of "main" will prompt to restart the process after each character typed.

[ivan-m]

Does this sound like your issue? haskell/cabal#1715

[bmmoore]

My issue is that the emacs mode gets stuck in a bad state when cabal repl doesn't start properly. That issue is my most common reason for cabal repl not to start, but I doubt the annoying "ask again after every keystroke" behavior depends on exactly why the process isn't surviving.

[ivan-m]

Do you get a "do you want to restart?" prompt after the error fails?

[bmmoore]

Yes, I get the normal "do you want to restart?" prompt immediately after the failure as expected. Then whatever answer I gave, typing a letter at the end of an identifier brings up that same prompt again.

[ivan-m]

Can you check with a blank config somewhere? I wonder if you've enabled an option somewhere that tries to automatically keep reloading your project every time you edit the file.

[ikirill]

Does #443 fix this? This may be due to the completion function starting after every character typed. If not, then maybe documentation function?

[gracjan]

@bmmoore: Seems like @ikirill fixed the issue. Can you check if this is really the case and write a note here if you still experience problems?