Re: [Hugs-users] Record puns, time for removal?

Hi

This feature was removed from Haskell (I was never sure why). However, I think it is a handy feature and should certainly not be removed if it is already implemenetd.

Does it make sense to have a feature that is available in Hugs and Yhc bug not GHC? I'd suggest that if you want this feature, you try and get it put back in for Haskell Prime. I personally have no particular feeling one way or the other about this feature - I just want to remove configuration flags from Yhc that no-one understands and move towards standard Haskell. Thanks Neil

On 10/27/06, Neil Mitchell wrote:

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Hi,

I was just looking into Yhc and noticed that it supports record puns, for example the following code:

------ module Main where data Point = Point {x :: Int, y :: Int} main = print $ f $ Point 1 2 f (Point{x}) = x ------

Works fine in Yhc and Hugs, but not in GHC. Is this feature supported/encouraged or is it depreciated and scheduled for removal? I am tempted to remove this feature from Yhc since it seems no one uses it, and GHC doesn't know about it, but was wondering what the Hugs plans were for it first.

Thanks

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