7 Jul
2009
7 Jul
'09
6:57 a.m.
On 7 Jul 2009, at 02:28, John Meacham wrote:
Haskell currently doesn't _have_ a record syntax (I think it was always a misnomer to call it that) it has 'labeled fields'. ...
and a reworking of the standard to not refer to the current system as a 'record syntax' but rather a 'labeled fields' syntax.
I strongly agree with the latter. In fact, I was under the impression that the Report already avoided the term "record syntax" completely, but checking just now showed 6 distinct occurrences. Regards, Malcolm