That does seem like a bug to me. I would love it if someone else could dig into the library and fix it.... it's years since I looked at it. Probably there are many things that could be improved. I have no ego investment in it, so it's 100% open to improvement. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: libraries-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:libraries-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Anders | Höckersten | Sent: 22 September 2005 07:42 | To: Haskell libraries | Subject: Unexpected behaviour in Text.PrettyPrint.HughesPJ | | Hi, | I've been using the pretty printer in Text.PrettyPrint.HughesPJ lately, | and I've encountered a behaviour that was very unexpected for me. If I | define this small example: | | test = text "foo" <+> empty <> text "bar" | | Running 'show test' now gives the string "foobar" as a result (whereas I | expected "foo bar").It seems the empty "eats" the space that I expect | <+> to give me. | | So is this how the library is supposed to work or have I encountered a | bug? | | Regards, | Anders | | _______________________________________________ | Libraries mailing list | Libraries@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries