If this really is a big problem for beginners, it would not seem totally infeasible to add some special code that helpfully suggests that a space perhaps ought to be inserted?
Here is what Helium says: Warning: Syntax colouring usually can not handle names containing -- Hint: If you wanted to start a comment, write spaces around -- Arjan _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime