I'm inclined to think John is right, thought the Report could be clearer. I'll open a GHC sourceforge bug for this. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: haskell-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of John Peterson | Sent: 29 July 2004 03:36 | To: haskell@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [Haskell] confusing language in report and a bug in (ghc|hugs) | | The intention in the report was to match in the order listed in the | pattern - you need not consult the data declaration to understand the | ordering. I think the report is clear enough - it's just a bug in | ghc. | | John | _______________________________________________ | Haskell mailing list | Haskell@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell