[Haskell-cafe] Re: A backwards-compatible record proposal

On 8/19/06, Brian Hulley wrote: {... magSquared v = v.x*v.x + v.y*v.y + v.z*v.z ...} Hi, Won't the use of the "dot" lend confusion to the eye of the beholder.. that as in the code fragment about that v.y or v.z is implying function composition .... I'll admit to being pretty new to Haskell, but that is what it would look like to me. Could, I think cause some confusion to others reading a program with this construct, and might fool some of the tools that some others have mentioned.. Would seem that parser could or would make that mistake? with respect, gene