-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brian Hulley wrote:
In the long term, Haskell needs a better module system IMHO [...]
I agree with the symptoms that were described, but I draw a different conclusion. We don't need to change the language - we need better tools (IDEs) that operate not at the textual level, but use the annotated syntax tree, including knowledge on fully qualified names and types. E.g. Java requires to write full package names everywhere, but this is never a problem when working with Eclipse (or any other modern IDE I assume) since it just knows how to rename a package or move a class etc. Try moving some Haskell functions/declarations by hand (e.g. with Emacs) into a different, or a new module. It's a nightmare until you get all the imports and qualified usages right. But it really is conceptually simple, so it should be a one-click operation. Since it's this time of the year, here's my wish for 2008: a version of HaRe (Haskell Refactorer) that knows current ghc language extensions *and is integrated with Eclipse* The way to go seems this: http://eclipsefp.sourceforge.net/cohatoe/ and I dearly hope there will be more progress on that. Best regards, Johannes Waldmann, Leipzig. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHgAR23ZnXZuOVyMIRAvYsAJ9DRhuJ3Nxyn+L+elwij5YmqWw89wCgrtLX tBgzlnLUjkNWqPkZgCykLuk= =I3TR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----