26 Jul
2007
26 Jul
'07
9:34 p.m.
2007/7/26, Stefan O'Rear
As for "why", it's just a matter of Haskell Committee taste. Nothing too deep, just an arbitrary set of rules. That's not much of an explanation, is it? I imagine someone must have given the matter some thought before describing the layout rule in great details in the language report. Perhaps there was a perfectly good reason to preclude this kind of code, but I'm afraid I do need a reason if I am to understand why. And if it turns out that there really is no such reason, would it be terribly presumptuous of me to suggest that the rules be changed to accomodate this particular style in Haskell' or a future revision of the language? I guess it would, but one can always hope.