John D. Ramsdell wrote:
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Neil Mitchell<[email protected]> wrote:Why not: if done then return () else do prob <- getLine test prob mainI've given up on using if-then-else in do expressions. They confuse emacs. There is a proposal for Haskell' to fix the problem, but until then, I will not use them in do expressions.
Do not blame haskell, blame emacs, if emacs is so stupid. Fortunately there is a better emacs mode which understands layout and if: http://kuribas.hcoop.net/haskell-indentation.el
I'm so glad new languages do not use the offset rule. I get tired typing tab in emacs, especially since for most other languages, emacs does so well at picking a good indent. Requiring coders to spend so much time choosing indents reminds me of the days when I wrote C code with vi. I've been there, done that, and moved on to emacs.
Do not blame haskell, blame emacs. The layout rule is simple to understand and I think it makes attractive code. It's not haskell's fault that the emacs mode chooses a bad indent so often.
There is a better emacs mode which gets the indentation right more often, I find ;)
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