Re: Incorrect syntax errors

On Tuesday, December 11, 2001, at 05:17 AM, Ian Lynagh wrote:

Hi guys,

With the module

{ foo = 5 }

I get

ERROR tt.hs:2 - Syntax error in input (unexpected `{', possibly due to bad layout)

and with the module

module Foo where { foo = 5 bar = 6 }

ERROR tt.hs:4 - Syntax error in definition (unexpected `=')

Thanks Ian

Hi Ian, I'm afraid both your examples are incorrect. The first one isn't a valid Haskell module (as you're probably aware), and the Hugs extension that allows free-floating declarations on the top-level isn't meant to handle explicit braces. The second example is incorrect because it uses explicit syntax, but lacks any semicolons. All the best, Johan