#13145: Documentation shouldn't call things functions that aren't functions -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: chris-martin | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: | Version: 8.0.1 libraries/base | Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: Documentation Unknown/Multiple | bug Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- For example, in the [Prelude](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.9.0.0/docs/Prelude.html) docs we have a section called "Input functions" in which only one of the four values is a function: {{{ getChar :: IO Char getLine :: IO String getContents :: IO String interact :: (String -> String) -> IO () }}} Referring to non-function values (particularly of type `IO`) as "functions" is often a sign that beginners haven't fully grasped some concepts about purity, so I think it's important to clean up our own language. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13145 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler