RE: Desugaring of top-level pattern bindings?

2000-06-30 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
Thorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: 29 June 2000 22:20 | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Desugaring of top-level pattern bindings? | | | I'm puzzled by the Haskell 98 report, as it doesn't seem to explain | how to desugar top-level pattern declarations, such as | | (x,y) = e |

Desugaring of top-level pattern bindings?

2000-06-29 Thread Tommy Thorn
I'm puzzled by the Haskell 98 report, as it doesn't seem to explain how to desugar top-level pattern declarations, such as (x,y) = e In Section 4.4.3 (Function and Pattern Bindings) under Pattern Bindings it essentially says ``A simple pattern binding has form p = e. The pattern p is matc