Re: parameterisable modules, the lack thereof ...

1993-03-27 Thread Stephen J Bevan
Everyone now acknowledges that Haskell's modules are the weakest part of the language, and people are working on ways to fix that (yes, someday I hope there will be a Haskell 2). Are any details available as to what directions this work is taking? I'm aware of of some work to extend

Re: parameterisable modules, the lack thereof ...

1993-03-26 Thread hudak-paul
At the risk of opening old wounds: why weren't ML/FX style modules included in Haskell? I can think of a number of possible reasons, but I'm interested in the "official" reason for leaving out such an important feature. Other committee members may have different recollections, but

parameterisable modules, the lack thereof ...

1993-03-25 Thread Stephen J Bevan
At the risk of opening old wounds: why weren't ML/FX style modules included in Haskell? I can think of a number of possible reasons, but I'm interested in the "official" reason for leaving out such an important feature. bevan