> but it also seems not to make much sense to standardise > a Prelude which people strongly want to change.
I'm strongly against this change, both on its own merits - in most cases when there is a real argument being passed, I find chains of $s easier to think about than your alternative - but most importantly because it would be enormously disruptive. It's the kind of completely unnecessary thing that simply lends ammunition to the people that claim Haskell is an academic language unsuited to the real world. > Also, the Haskell 98 Prelude has already been reported on, and > probably should continue to be supported in some way or another. How would you propose supporting multiple preludes at once? I have a feeling most of the pieces are in place and it's just a question of documenting the "best practice" properly, but it needs to be done and we need to get experience with doing it and with a gradual migration strategy before we even consider this kind of change. Ganesh ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
