Haskell via nix-shell

Haskell via nix-shell -p

~/.bashrc:

function haskell-shell() {
  nix-shell -p "haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (pkgs: with pkgs; [$@])"
}

Example:

$ haskell-shell random
[nix-shell]$ ghci
Prelude> System.Random.randomRIO (1, 100)
42

Haskell via derivation

Main.hs:

import System.Console.ANSI

main = do
    setSGR [ SetConsoleIntensity NormalIntensity
           , SetColor Foreground Vivid White
           , SetColor Background Dull Blue
           ]
    putStr "Hello,"
    setSGR [Reset] 
    putStrLn " world!"

default.nix:

{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
let ghcPackages = pkgs: with pkgs; [ ansi-terminal ];
    ghc = pkgs.haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages ghcPackages;
in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "hello";
  src = ./.;
  buildInputs = [ ghc ];
  buildPhase = ''
    ghc -O2 Main.hs
  '';
  doCheck = true;
  checkPhase = ''
    diff <(printf '\033[97;44mHello,\033[0m world!\n') <(./Main)
  '';
  installPhase = ''
    mkdir -pv $out/bin
    cp Main $out/bin/hello
  '';
}

$ nix-shell
[nix-shell]$ runhaskell Main.hs
Hello, world!

$ nix-build
$ ./result/bin/example
Hello, world!