#5348: Template Haskell quasiquote escapes
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Reporter: simonpj | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 7.0.3
Keywords: | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Difficulty:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Blocking:
Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown
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Changes (by benmachine):
* cc: haskell@… (added)
Comment:
I agree with Yitz. Adding an escaping mechanism adds ''no'' expressivity,
just complexity and surprise. I spent a little time implementing the `|\]`
escape mechanism, and it's only while testing it that I noticed that `\|]`
existed. I really think the former is more natural and doesn't require any
"magic" to support. I don't think lack of uniformity is a sensible
argument, since nothing else about quasiquoters is uniform in any case,
and if we added library support as suggested then that would at least
encourage a common pattern.
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