At 2002-02-03 15:34, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:

The main disadvantage of this solution is that, in Haskell, some keywords (`let', `case', `where', and `do') trigger the layout rule and now `dynamic' or `nonrec' would have to trigger the layout rule, but *only* when appearing after a `let'. *urgh*

Am I the only one who uses braces/semicolons? Anyway, I would be using this under [Just use let]: let { ?base = 10; } in addBase 5 If I read you correctly, under [Add a special identifier], I'd have to do this: let { nonrec { ?base = 10; } } in addBase 5 ...which is just ugly.

[Use a special binding operator]

My preference, with ':='. But yes, it does mean some code will have to be rewritten. Not mine.

There was also a mention of extending the implicit parameter story to work as recursive bindings, but I don't know any details here.

Even if this happens, we can still hold onto := for explicit value bindings, if that's a useful feature. -- Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA Never trust whitespace.