Re: TypeHoles: unbound variables as named holes

2012-11-21 Thread Thijs Alkemade
Hey all, To report on the current situation: I'm myself still not sure which of the options of sharing/not sharing is the most useful. I can't really estimate which I would want to use the most, so I wouldn't dare to predict which most users would want. However, the module-wide sharing is hard,

TypeHoles: unbound variables as named holes

2012-10-05 Thread Sean Leather
(I'm again starting a new thread to focus on this issue. It's easier to track that way.) On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: There is also the small matter, in this example, of distinguishing which `_' is which. The description works, but you have to think about it. I

RE: TypeHoles: unbound variables as named holes

2012-10-05 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
I also like the proposal; however, I think it only makes sense if the set of unbound variables with the same name is treated as referring to the same identifier. This was, after all, the main reason for named holes. Roman expected this, and I think everybody who uses the feature will expect