On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 19:33 +0000, Andrew Coppin wrote: > rocon...@theorem.ca wrote: > > I noticed the Bool datatype isn't well documented. Since Bool is not > > a common English word, I figured it could use some haddock to help > > clarify it for newcomers. > > My only problem with it is that it's called Bool, while every other > programming language on Earth calls it Boolean. (Or at least, the > languages that *have* a name for it...)
Except C++? But then again: > But I'm far more perturbed by names like Eq, Ord, Num, Ix (??), and so > on. The worst thing about C is the unecessary abbriviations; [sic] let's not > copy them, eh? I agree. I've always felt that class EqualsClass randomTypeSelectedByTheUser => TotalOrderClass randomTypeSelectedByTheUser where compareXToY :: randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> OrderingValue lessThanOrEqualTo :: randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> Boolean lessThan :: randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> randomTypeSelectedByTheUser -> Boolean was both more understandable to the reader, and easier to remember and reproduce for the writer. Or, in other words, leave well enough alone; we should always err in the direction of being like C, to avoid erring in the direction of being like Java. jcc _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
