At 2002-11-08 02:39, Ross Paterson wrote:

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:32:20AM -0000, Simon Marlow wrote:

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Ross's proposal provides a subtly different mechanism.

It's not mine -- Ashley Yakeley proposed it in

http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2001-September/0022 89.html

I've pretty much forgotten my mind of the time. But whatever I said, I'm sure it was an excellent idea... -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA