On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Max,
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 2:14:19 AM, you wrote:
I absolutely agree about expected/inferred. I always forget which is which, because I can figure both could apply to each.
That's actually true for me too. When you say it like that, I remember times when I've had the same confusion.
it's why i asked beginners. it seems that we all go through times when ghc errmsgs looks cryptic but then we start to live with it and forget the first period
actually, i don't have much problems with errrmsgs now, but trying to grok how i interpret them i've found that i mainly use *position* part of message, it's enough for me most times :)
-- Best regards, Bulat mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com
Hi, I like the "expected/inferred" vocabulary. Maybe it comes from being a native English speaker, but to me, it says "this is what we expected to get, but instead (through type inference), we got this type for this term". Of course, I've also been reading GHC error messages for a while, so I've gotten used to understanding what they mean. When I was new, I had more of a problem...but I'm not sure you can really eliminate that. Everything takes practice. :) Alex