Tillmann Rendel wrote:
I like to put commas at the beginning of lines, because there, I can make them line up and it is visually clear that they are all at the same nesting level. I like how the commas look a bit like bullet points. For example, I would write:
items = [ "red" , "blue" , "green" ]
Could we extend Garett's proposal to also allow prefixing the first element of a list with a comma, to support this style:
items = [ , "red" , "blue" , "green" ]
Allowing an optional extra comma both at the beginning and at the end would allow programmers the choice where they want to put their commas.
This is the style I am using for records and lists as well. Here an example from actual code data EventNetwork = EventNetwork { actuate :: IO () , pause :: IO () } These days, all my record definitions look like that. Allowing a superfluous leading comma would be great, because that makes it easier to move around the first line. Best regards, Heinrich Apfelmus -- http://apfelmus.nfshost.com