-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 07/05/16 10:44, Jon Fairbairn wrote: > Something that is missing from this type of discussion is any > reference to design rules, agreement on which should be made before > any suggestion like this. > > The one this violates is “never make language design decisions to > work around deficiencies in tools” I am entirely sympathetic to the argument. But I also have to read and write Haskell a lot, and to suffer from something that can seemingly be so trivially fixed *hurts*. Especially when languages like F# and Elm have taken a more practical stance and just fixed it. It's another "Haskell isn't practical/serious" argument from engineers -- and like it or not, engineers are the main users of the language.
We should definitely avoid success at all costs. However, I don't think the cost is too great in this instance. Especially considering that there is already precedent for this in import and export lists. Finally, I'd like to add that I appreciate your post and angle, and hope that the committee take it to heart in general. The design should be guided by (but not slave to) first principles. - -- Alexander alexan...@plaimi.net https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXLdMHAAoJENQqWdRUGk8BRZkQAOcxrn2oBuJMZkOsDN3vN4z7 GkeDbf4N6EB//xeQxWYvGkzcFoVLsKY6CASZ4pthRKEn0hE7EgP8q7MZOuoTECt8 fvECtpL50v43GFQ8aY6thytKkPWIPuhaN9gL5jrH5S/Q5dS4cieaxEqdh27RBSYZ FFiLlOrpVPQcuIzo2EVVVReApbatNIu3LsUXWW0wLeEjqudEVRt4yLK6WMAdSdKO C5OMuZoU2G0Cw4LOQV5tDnUfj9RS06+AJIEUUvgk7xbhU46ZaNQHqde1pTDJ3w/K Iq3g5WFndt8JZfAN/2eTLCmWj4EsX/iBMDunQqwlmAxlez5qYIgNlnlB9a7guj/n 9BT9zLuxnc/SsKB33KIkFSlVyQsssBXWOqvRcQ6ND4yi26rTLJry0WvEZ5IDmdg+ hRdKKb2YvyHLBuqMp7rIBQ7fwfCegWfJpp4A+GsCbkKXfz2SZJCBdDT3UZMkgwIQ qXr4CRESKssGXh/ezz+vXltxTAPArfDb97vULr8PeIrMoBFacIR6PVhSxHS7aSeE Hbh7zD6S6ynobtFBReQo4KYGlXUOC9nNDktnpjUAc12xQoRwVqirAasJ5D1oMwkO LB6L6YyHVlfcqb8ZfbFAHpblCCrbuw4f3pi6a9YVUy4d9ZyhX0K0RFSEWcHxE1rG yWFHxsMF+/bf7AM+tX9z =/DKF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime