Re: [Haskell-beginners] indentation

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Brent Yorgey wrote:

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 04:30:27PM -0500, Jorden Mauro wrote:

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On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Daniel Fischer wrote:

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Am Sonntag 14 Februar 2010 20:54:54 schrieb John Moore:

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Hi all,          I must be doing something wrong with my tabs. Because this keeps telling me parse error. Can some one see if it is indentation. I'm sending a file so as you'll be able to see what going on. If I copy it here it can appear wrong the difference is with the Var expression.

John

First of all, *don't mix tabs and spaces for indentation* (best, don't use tabs at all).

I find the latter a bit too restrictive, especially since I use a text editor that is a glorified version of ed. Hitting the spacebar 19 times is too much to ask of me.

And as such, I am occasionally forced to do something when a tab doesn't get me past the word `where' or `let', but isn't that the majority of what Layout specifies?

Is there a good answer for caveman programmers who like ed and tabs?

Another good answer is to use explicit curly braces and semicolons so you don't have to rely on layout.

Yes, I am a recovering C programmer. You caught me! I really do appreciate the features of sam, and its simplicity is why I like layout. Omit needless punctuation, I say.

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