Duncan Coutts wrote:
Niklas's and my point is that the list of language extensions in Language.Haskell.Exceptions are differences from H98 so it should be MonoPatBinds to get the difference not NoMonoPatBinds to restore H98.
In practise, since ghc uses MonoPatBinds by default it'd mean that people who want to get back to H98 would need to use:
ghc-options: -XNoMonoPatBinds
Because the extensions field is additive, not subtractive. Using the name MonoPatBinds allows other compilers to implement it without it having to be the default.
In general I think there is a reasonable case for special treatment for exceptions to H98 that have been accepted for haskell-prime. However in this case the idea of having monomorphic pattern bindings has been rejected from haskell-prime, so I'm in favour of calling it 'MonoPatBinds'. Ganesh =============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ===============================================================================