On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 19:33 +0000, Andrew Coppin wrote:
roconnor@theorem.ca wrote:
I noticed the Bool datatype isn't well documented. Since Bool is not a common English word, I figured it could use some haddock to help clarify it for newcomers.
My only problem with it is that it's called Bool, while every other programming language on Earth calls it Boolean. (Or at least, the languages that *have* a name for it...)
Except C++? But then again:
But I'm far more perturbed by names like Eq, Ord, Num, Ix (??), and so on. The worst thing about C is the unecessary abbriviations; [sic] let's not copy them, eh?
I agree. I've always felt that class EqualsClass randomTypeSelectedByTheUser => TotalOrderClass randomTypeSelectedByTheUser where compareXToY :: randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> OrderingValue lessThanOrEqualTo :: randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> Boolean lessThan :: randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> Boolean was both more understandable to the reader, and easier to remember and reproduce for the writer. Or, in other words, leave well enough alone; we should always err in the direction of being like C, to avoid erring in the direction of being like Java. jcc