On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 16:40:30 -0500, Michael Hobbs wrote:
Is this a bug with ghc-4.04 or just a "feature" of Haskell 98 that I was
unaware of? I get a parse error with the following code:
data Point = Pt {pointx, pointy :: Float}
abs (Pt {pointx, pointy}) = sqrt (pointx*pointx +
"Punning" was removed (in my view this was a mistake) in Haskell 98.
That's why neither GHC nor Hugs accepts it.
Simon
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From: Michael Hobbs
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 10:41 PM
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Subject: Field label bug?
Is this a bug wit
