The idea is to allow clients to indicate how to find the programs ide-backend-server and ide-backend-exe-cabal via new fields in SessionConfig. The defaultSessionConfig mimics the old behaviour: to look for programs named "ide-backend-server" / "ide-backend-exe-cabal" on the system path, with the caveat that any client that previously relied on setting an appropriate path in configExtraPathDirs will have to be updated.
The main motivation is to allow clients to easily pick the instance of ide-backend-server that corresponds to the version of ghc in use in the current project (in a setting with more than one version of ghc in use, etc).
mgsloan
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9 years ago
The idea is to allow clients to indicate how to find the programs
ide-backend-serverandide-backend-exe-cabalvia new fields inSessionConfig. ThedefaultSessionConfigmimics the old behaviour: to look for programs named"ide-backend-server"/"ide-backend-exe-cabal"on the system path, with the caveat that any client that previously relied on setting an appropriate path inconfigExtraPathDirswill have to be updated.The main motivation is to allow clients to easily pick the instance of ide-backend-server that corresponds to the version of ghc in use in the current project (in a setting with more than one version of ghc in use, etc).