Previous attempts to propose TDNR [1] have met with opposition over the accompanying proposal to change the syntax of the dot or add a new operator for postfix application.
However, nothing about TDNR - other than certain motivating examples - actually requires changes to the syntax of Haskell or new operators. TDNR could be implemented as an extension which just give GHC a new way of disambiguating function names, and nothing else. This would still have some advantages: - Redundant module qualification no longer required. - Unqualified imports could be changed to a different module with the same interface (a very poor-man's backpack) without any other code changes. - People who want TDNR with postfix function application will only need to define a simple postfix operator. I would therefore like to propose TNDR without any syntax/prelude changes. [1] https://prime.haskell.org/wiki/TypeDirectedNameResolution -- View this message in context: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/TDNR-without-new-operators-or-syntax-changes-tp5835927.html Sent from the Haskell - Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
