Add type signatures to index overview

[ghc-mirror]

Original reporter: dluposchainsky@

I've recently spent a lot of time in the GHC source and was clicking through names in the index just to find out the types for certain identifiers. Paired with the large amount of empty space the index table has, I thought it would be a good idea to fill that empty space with type signatures. The index would then have three columns: name, defining module, type. (For types/newtypes the actual definition could be filled in instead.) What do you think?

[alexanderkjeldaas]

I came here to add this exact issue. +1

[hvr]

+1 from me as well :-)

[Fuuzetsu]

I'll try for next release, I wanted this myself many times.

[expipiplus1]

This would be very useful sometimes!

[Fuuzetsu]

Yep. But at least we have quick jump these days that at least eases the pain.