On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 4:37 PM, James Cook mo...@deepbondi.net wrote:
On Jun 1, 2012, at 6:11 AM, Gábor Lehel wrote:
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM, wren ng thornton w...@freegeek.org wrote:
TypeFamilies (aka TFs)
These are really nifty and they're all the rage these days. In
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM, wren ng thornton w...@freegeek.org wrote:
TypeFamilies (aka TFs)
These are really nifty and they're all the rage these days. In
a formal sense they're equivalent to fundeps, but in practice
they're weaker than fundeps.
Is that still
On Jun 1, 2012, at 6:11 AM, Gábor Lehel wrote:
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM, wren ng thornton w...@freegeek.org wrote:
TypeFamilies (aka TFs)
These are really nifty and they're all the rage these days. In
a formal sense they're equivalent to fundeps, but in practice
wren ng thornton w...@freegeek.org writes:
There are a bunch which are mostly just syntax changes. The important
ones are:
Also, if you have new GHC, it will often tell you if/when you need to
enable extensions. E.g.:
Line 8: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
`Pos' has no constructors
On 6/1/12 12:45 AM, Jonathan Geddes wrote:
Thanks, Wren, I really appreciate the detailed response! Though I am
surprised that Template Haskell isn't on your list. From the little I know
of TH it seems like all of the interesting generic/generative stuff is done
with TH. Do the other
On 6/1/12 6:11 AM, Gábor Lehel wrote:
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 6:29 AM, wren ng thorntonw...@freegeek.org wrote:
TypeFamilies (aka TFs)
These are really nifty and they're all the rage these days. In
a formal sense they're equivalent to fundeps, but in practice
Haskell Hackers,
I'm pretty comfortable with all of Haskell 98 (and 2010, really). But I've
always sort of avoided extensions. I realize that this is a bit silly and
if I want to continue learning, it probably means delving into the
extensions. Which ones are the most important to know from a
On 5/31/12 7:15 PM, Jonathan Geddes wrote:
Haskell Hackers,
I'm pretty comfortable with all of Haskell 98 (and 2010, really). But I've
always sort of avoided extensions. I realize that this is a bit silly and
if I want to continue learning, it probably means delving into the
extensions. Which
Thanks, Wren, I really appreciate the detailed response! Though I am
surprised that Template Haskell isn't on your list. From the little I know
of TH it seems like all of the interesting generic/generative stuff is done
with TH. Do the other extensions subsume the need for TH, or is it just not
