FWIW, I’m neutral.
Simon
From: Haskell-Cafe [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Edward Kmett
Sent: 08 September 2015 08:05
To: Andrew Gibiansky
Cc: Haskell Cafe
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] GHC Extension Proposal: ArgumentBlock
I do have to admit that the syntax there feels lighter and less cluttered. I could get used to it.
-Edward
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:56 AM, Andrew Gibiansky
+1 people who like it can use it and people who don't like it don't have to use it. Personally I wish it were the default because the superfluous $ confuses a lot of people coming from other languages like Ruby.
Whether it's "superfluous" depends entirely on one's PoV.
You can even write in the old style if you have the extension turned on. It doesn't disable the old way of doing things. It just allows a new way. It's entirely backwards compatible with working code when turned on, is it not?
Except now there are two "dialects" everybody has to read/understand. That's not progress IMO. (Considering that it's so little gain. I really don't understand the hatred of $ that some people seem to have.) Regards, _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.orgmailto:Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.orgmailto:Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe