On 09/02/10 21:43, S. Doaitse Swierstra wrote:
One we start discussing syntax again it might be a good occasion to
reformulate/make more precise a few points.

The following program is accepted by the Utrecht Haskell Compiler (here
we took great effort to follow the report closely ;-} instead of
spending our time on n+k patterns), but not by the GHC and Hugs.

module Main where

-- this is a (rather elaborate) definition of the number 1
one = let x=1 in x

-- this is a definition of the successor function using section notation
increment = ( one + )

-- but if we now unfold the definition of one we get a parser error in GHC
increment' = ( let x=1 in x + )

Now that *is* an interesting example. I had no idea we had a bug in that area. Seems to me that it ought to be possible to fix it by refactoring the grammar, but I haven't tried yet.

Are there any more of these that you know about?

Cheers,
        Simon
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