If space sensitivity or () disambiguation is being used on !, could one of
these also be permitted on ~ to permit it as a valid infix term-level
operator?
That would be an amazingly valuable symbol to be able to reclaim for the
term level for equivalences, and for folks who come from other languages
where it is used like liftA2 (,) in parsing libraries, etc.
-Edward
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Ian Lynagh
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 10:37:44PM +0000, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
I don't have a strong opinion about whether f ! x y ! z = e should mean the same; ie whether the space is significant. I think
it's probably more confusing if the space is significant (so its presence or absence makes a difference).
I also don't feel strongly, although I lean the other way:
I don't think anyone writes "f ! x" when they mean "f with a strict argument x", and I don't see any particular advantage in allowing it. In fact, I think writing that is less clear than "f !x", so there is an advantage in disallowing it.
It also means that existing code that defines a (!) operator in infix style would continue to work, provided it puts whitespace around the !.
Thanks Ian
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