On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Chris Smith <cdsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Twan van Laarhoven <twa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Would adding a single convenience function be low or high risk? You say it >> is low risk, but it still risks breaking a build if a user has defined a >> function with the same name. > > Yes, it's generally low-risk, but there is *some* risk. Of course, it > could be high risk if you duplicate a Prelude function or a name that > you know is in use elsewhere in a related or core library... these > decisions would involve knowing something about the library space, > which package maintainers often do.
If you import qualified then adding functions will never break anything. Cheers, -- Felipe. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe