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User-reported unhelpful error message

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
haskell
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start by opening the linked CodeWorld Haskell program and reproducing the reported GHC error about the missing main action. Trace where compiler diagnostics are surfaced for that program; done should mean the missing-main case presents a more helpful message, though the issue does not specify the desired wording or affected files.

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Description

Program: https://code.world/haskell#PsWk1egC3rQCN8bueXqTv5Q

Message:

program.hs:1:1: error:
    The IO action ‘main’ is not defined in module ‘Main’
Dominant language
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