Re: [Haskell-cafe] Lisp like symbols in haskell

Aren't symbols made redundant by algebraic data types? On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Michael Vanier wrote:

jean-christophe mincke wrote:

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Hello,

Has there already been attempts to introduce lisp like symbols in haskell?

Thank you

Regards

J-C

J-C,

Do you mean symbols as in "interned strings with an O(1) string comparison method"?  I would love to have those, but I don't see an easy way to get it without being in the IO or ST monad.

Mike

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