Can GHCi tell me the type of a local Haskell funct

Question

Is it possible to query the ghci for the type it inferred for a function inside another function?

Answer 1

This is a quick and ugly hack, but what I usually do is just use the function in the wrong way and read the error message:

inc x = x + 1
  where
    f (y, z) = y + z
    g = f :: Char

GHCi output:

Couldn't match expected type `Char'
       against inferred type `(t, t) -> t'
In the expression: f :: Char

Although this leaves out the context Num t =>, this usually does provide me with enough information to continue.

Answer 2

You might try doing it by setting a breakpoint on it, so the function is in scope from the debugger.

Also I think that EclipseFP can tell you the types of things when you mouse over them, at least some of the time.

Answer 3

With GHC 7.8+, just append `asTypeOf` _ to the expression.

See Find out the type of an expression/function with typed holes for a detailed explanation.