Re: [Haskell-cafe] an idea for modifiyng data/newtype syntax: use `::=` instead of `=`

Brandon Allbery writes:

Haskell may be new to you personally. That does not mean that it's okay to break what, more than 15 years worth of code?

I don't mean to come across argumentative -- rather I merely want to point out, that the way of accomplishing it in a non-breaking way was proposed in this thread: an extra keyword + a pragma to guard against name clashes. Whether it's worth the trouble or not -- again, I have no opinion of my own. Please, let's discuss the idea on its merit, and not criticize some flawed version of it. -- respectfully, Косырев Серёга -- “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche