I think stable names can be used where symbols are used in scheme. I think there are better alternatives for different use cases in haskell.
For example, symbols are often used to tag values - haskell has pattern matching on constructors. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe