On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 03:11:10PM +0100, John Hughes wrote: > I noticed ticket #55--add parallel list comprehensions--which according to > the ticket, will probably be adopted. I would argue against.
As there are many voices against and only John M speaking for these, it seems reasonable at least to move them from "probably yes" to "maybe". > My opinion may be coloured by the fact that I never use the things. > However, I think it's a mistake to add rarely used features with > a small payoff to the language. It just makes the language larger, > harder to learn, and harder to read for all but the expert, without > much corresponding benefit. I agree, but then I feel the same way about pattern guards. I've used them only recently, and that was modifying code (GHC) that already had lots of Maybe-returning functions designed for use with pattern guards. _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
