Zhanyong> I was lucky to spot the source of the problem quickly Zhanyong> because I knew I recently changed that line, but in general, Zhanyong> this kind of error can be very hard to locate. (In my case, Zhanyong> the offending code is 600 lines away from where the bug is Zhanyong> manifested, and the number can be arbitrarily high.) I Zhanyong> imagine this would be particularly scary to Haskell Zhanyong> beginners and may even turn them away.
It would turn me away _from layout_ (if I needed being turned away in the 1st place). Not from Haskell. Please, please, please, whatever you do or even suggest doing to layout rules, don't break the non-layout way. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. GPG: 433BA087 9C0F 194F 203A 63F7 B1B8 6E5A 8CA3 27DB 433B A087 The world has taken on a thickness of vulgarity that raises a spiritual man's contempt to the violence of a passion. Baudelaire _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
