Re: Haskell 98 library: Directory.lhs

1999-03-11 Thread Wolfram Kahl
Simon Peyton-Jones proposes: A Haskell 98 addendum [ ... ] Well, the bits are frozen, but I propose to regard this as a gross "typo" and add it to the typos page. [ ... ] So the "typo" fix I propose is [ ... ] Any objections? Call it Haskell 1.6 ;-) Best,

Re: Haskell 98 library: Directory.lhs

1999-03-10 Thread S. Alexander Jacobson
Although it is not relevant to H98, I would like to advocate that either the name or the functionality of this module be changed. interface akin to the Java Naming Directory Inderface (JNDI). JNDI defines an API that applications may use to access directories (file, ldap, nds, rmi, corba, etc).

Haskell 98 library: Directory.lhs

1999-03-10 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
Folks, A Haskell 98 addendum Lennart points out that in a fit of enthusiasm I made the Permissions data type abstract, adding functions for readable, writable, executable, searchable :: Permissions - Bool What I totally failed to notice is that you then can't *set* the permissions