Hi,
I am not clear why you think the current notation is confusing...
Could you give a concrete example? I am thinking of something along
the lines: based on how "<-" works in list comprehensions and the do
notation, I would expect that pattern guards do XXX but instead, they
confusingly do YYY. I think that this will help us keep the
discussion concrete.
-Iavor
On 12/13/06, Yitzchak Gale
Philippa Cowderoy wrote:
This is what I get for replying straight away!
Oh, no, I'm happy that you responded quickly.
I think my point is that I'm not aware of many people who actually think this is a problem or get confused.
Well, I don't mean that this is something that experienced Haskell programmers will stop and scratch their heads over.
But the more of these kinds of inconsistencies you have, the worse it is for a programming language. The effect is cumulative. When there are too many of them, they make the language feel heavy, complex, and inelegant. They increase the number of careless errors. They put off beginners.
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