I'd put in a vote for protolude. I just started using it on a new project
that promises to get quite big, and it's turning out to make life a lot
easier. Two things I'd suggest: 1. Don't use a custom prelude for
libraries, especially if you're planning to publish them publicly -- only
use custom preludes for applications. 2. Treat whatever custom prelude you
choose as a starting point, not as something that's fixed in stone. I've
been using our custom prelude as a way to provide common utility functions,
to work around limitations in some of the dependencies we're using, and so
on. If I find myself repeatedly importing a library module into
application code, I move it into one of our prelude modules. I'm really
liking the approach and wish I'd tried it a long time ago.
Cheers,
Ian.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Hilco Wijbenga
Hi all,
I've been looking for a different Prelude to, at minimum, default to Text instead of String but I'm sure there are other things that would be helpful. E.g., less focus on lists.
I had a look at [1] and protolude, classy-prelude, basic-prelude, foundation, safe-prelude, and rio all seem interesting. Maybe even base-noprelude?
I'm an advanced beginner (I don't think I qualify as intermediate yet). Going by [1], classy-prelude might not be such a good idea because of "scary error messages". And, I'm guessing, I would need to know Haskell better to take advantage of base-noprelude?
I would like to know your thoughts/suggestions/opinions/ideas. Also, if there are other preludes that might be of interest, do tell!
Cheers, Hilco
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