Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: sections of noncommutative operators

Michael Shulman wrote:

On 09 Sep 2006 11:17:52 +0100, Jón Fairbairn wrote:

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Right about the start of the design of Haskell, I proposed the rule "parentheses should only be used for grouping".

I think I would have liked that rule. Are parentheses currently used for anything else besides grouping and sections?

Yes: tuples, contexts, set of classes to derive from in a deriving clause, module export list, import directives. Regards, Brian. -- Logic empowers us and Love gives us purpose. Yet still phantoms restless for eras long past, congealed in the present in unthought forms, strive mightily unseen to destroy us. http://www.metamilk.com