Dot as Postfix Function Apply (https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Records/DeclaredOverloadedRecordFields...) was originally part of ORF, but dropped to keep the scope/discussion more manageable. Now that ORF is in for GHC 8.0, I would like to re-propose dot postfix syntax. The idea is that instead of (title person) ++ " " ++ (firstName person) ++ " " ++ (lastName person) we could have person.title ++ " " ++ person.firstName ++ " " ++ person.lastName This is a simple source-to-source translation with no changes to the type system (TDNR is an orthogonal proposal). The advantages are: 1. Code that's easier to read/write. 2. Familiar to users of almost every other programming language. 3. IDE auto-complete - an IDE can suggest functions applicable to the variable after typing . This would be an opt-in extension. I'm posting this to the libraries list because that's where proposals generally go, although this isn't strictly a library issue. If it should be on a different list I'll move it. -- View this message in context: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/Proposal-Dot-as-Postfix-Function-Apply-... Sent from the Haskell - Libraries mailing list archive at Nabble.com.