Re: [Haskell-cafe] Unifcation and matching in Abelian groups

John D. Ramsdell wrote:

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Neil Mitchell wrote:

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Why not: if done then return () else do prob <- getLine test prob main

I've given up on using if-then-else in do expressions. They confuse emacs. There is a proposal for Haskell' to fix the problem, but until then, I will not use them in do expressions.

Do not blame haskell, blame emacs, if emacs is so stupid. Fortunately there is a better emacs mode which understands layout and if: http://kuribas.hcoop.net/haskell-indentation.el

I'm so glad new languages do not use the offset rule. I get tired typing tab in emacs, especially since for most other languages, emacs does so well at picking a good indent. Requiring coders to spend so much time choosing indents reminds me of the days when I wrote C code with vi. I've been there, done that, and moved on to emacs.

Do not blame haskell, blame emacs. The layout rule is simple to understand and I think it makes attractive code. It's not haskell's fault that the emacs mode chooses a bad indent so often. There is a better emacs mode which gets the indentation right more often, I find ;) http://kuribas.hcoop.net/haskell-indentation.el Jules