Re: [Haskell-cafe] What features should an (fictitious) IDE for Haskell have?

Most importantly: A good IDE is not a text editor, but an AST editor. If the AST happens to be presented as text, that's a choice of visualisation, nothing more. Better to start with a graph-like visualisation to free the mind, then think through the possible interactions. Maybe add the typical text-like visualisation later. But don't start there or you'll just re-invent notepad for the nth time. Maybe don't even /store/ the code as ascii text.