From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:50:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [project @ 2003-07-21 14:50:32 by simonmar]
X-Git-Tag: Approx_11550_changesets_converted~670
X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0d3f3debcf01ef11d43f7cc6f81ecc3eb2d38ee6

[project @ 2003-07-21 14:50:32 by simonmar]
Document that changing directories unloads all modules.
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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/ghci.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/ghci.sgml
index 8fa7ff2..405f7b2 100644
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/ghci.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/ghci.sgml
@@ -837,6 +837,12 @@ $ ghci -lm
 	  beginning of <replaceable>dir</replaceable> will be replaced
 	  by the contents of the environment variable
 	  <literal>HOME</literal>.</para>
+
+	  <para>NOTE: changing directories causes all currently loaded
+	  modules to be unloaded.  This is because the search path is
+	  usually expressed using relative directories, and changing
+	  the search path in the middle of a session is not
+	  supported.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>