Yes, I know containers is best in what it does but it is not very complete even if we compare it with c++ stl. Almost all the functionality of c++ stl have haskell implementation on hackage in some form or other but they lack good design and documentation and are not well maintained. I am not implying one package to do everything but more like a set of packages following a unified design with extremely well documented interface. It should be comprehensive and should support easy inclusion of new algorithms/data structures with community recommended implementations (containers can be part of it). It should be well tested, optimized and ready to be used in production code. I have mentioned c++ stl just for reference but I am inclined more towards Boost like set of libraries. This is one place where I think haskell is lacking compared to other languages and it is one of the critical point in its wider acceptance. -SC On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Johannes Waldmann < waldmann@imn.htwk-leipzig.de> wrote:
what is your proposal, exactly?
as far as collection types are concerned, it seems to me that http://hackage.haskell.org/package/containers is well-designed, well-documented, well-implemented, and well-maintained.
- J.W.
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