Re: syntax change

1991-12-05 Thread haskell-request
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type expression and data type declaration syntax

1991-12-05 Thread haskell-request
Original-Via: uk.ac.nsf; Thu, 5 Dec 91 16:31:07 GMT Original-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry if you see this twice, but there seem to have been some kind of delivery problem when I sent it the first time. There has also been a question added at the end. 1. On p. 24, 125 it says " t

Re: syntax change

1991-12-05 Thread haskell-request
Original-Via: uk.ac.nsf; Thu, 5 Dec 91 12:13:51 GMT Original-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I wonder if the following syntax change is not too late for the | SIGPLAN version of the Report? I actually view this as a FIX to | something I consider WRONG, since I believe (correct me if I'm wrong!) | th

Why have both type and data keywords?

1991-12-05 Thread haskell-request
Original-Via: uk.ac.ic.doc; Thu, 5 Dec 91 11:23:27 GMT Simon's post about exporting type synonyms rekindled a nagging question about Haskell. Why do we have both "type" and "data" keywords? It seems like redundant syntactic clutter to me. Why not just use "type" for both? I think "data" is an

Re: type expression and data type declaration syntax

1991-12-05 Thread haskell-request
Original-Via: uk.ac.nsf; Thu, 5 Dec 91 04:33:50 GMT Original-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1. On p. 24, 125 it says | | " type ->type_1 -> type_2 | ... | Function arrow associate to the right." |Why not be just as explicit for type expressions as for expressions: I

type expression and data type declaration syntax

1991-12-05 Thread haskell-request
Original-Via: uk.ac.nsf; Wed, 4 Dec 91 19:21:59 GMT 1. On p. 24, 125 it says " type ->type_1 -> type_2 ... Function arrow associate to the right." Why not be just as explicit for type expressions as for expressions: type ->btype |

Haskell: Imports and hiding

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PreludeCore

1991-12-05 Thread haskell-request
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