David Roundy
Bah, simple libraries. They don't have to be part of the Standard Prelude.
I completely agree. I'd rather decrease the number of libraries defined in the language itself and decouple library standardization from the definition of the language standard. Libraries can much more easily be developed and improved.
I'd vote for moving map, null and lookup from Prelude to an explicit List import (like insert already is). They tend to be used by collections (Data.Set, Map etc), which complicates imports or requires unnecessary qualification. Alternatively, as (List.)map and null are very common, use different names for other collections (fmap? isEmpty?). As a general rule, I think libraries shouldn't overload names imported implicitly from the Prelude. (I know it is fashionable to qualify everything this week, but I prefer to be able to use unqualified names occasionally as well). -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants