On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com> wrote:

·        If String is not a kind level synonym for [Char], maybe it should have a different name.  For example,   “foo” :: Label?  Or Atom? 


Or Symbol?

The name is inspired by Ruby's :symbol notation. We could even use the same notation (seems unambiguous on the type level, no?). Even if we don't use the notation we could use the name.

Sebastian