Am Dienstag, den 10.07.2012, 06:53 +0000 schrieb Simon Peyton-Jones: > > I strongly favor a solution where lambda-case expressions start with \, > > because this can be generalized to proc expressions from arrow syntax > > simply by replacing the \ with proc. > > […] > > I think it's very helpful if lambdas start with a lambda, which to me > suggests \case. I'm not keen on \of; "case" says "case analysis" more > clearly. But you presumably do not want \proc, because proc is the > lambda. So that would leave use with "\case" and "proc of" as the two > constructs. Perhaps the lesser of the evils, but a bit inconsistent.
If we use \case for functions, we should use proc case for arrows; if we use \of for functions, we should use proc of for arrows. By the way, is proc a layout herald already? Best wishes, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
