Re: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Automatic fixity allocation for symbolic operators

2006-10-16 Thread Nicolas Frisby
Regarding latticess and locality... This idea probably won't help with editors, but the OP's question has sparked a discussion here and some thinking in my head--thanks Brian. What if operator precedences were specified as a partial order instead of using numbers? Using numbers implies a potent

Re: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Automatic fixity allocation for symbolic operators

2006-10-14 Thread J. Garrett Morris
On 10/14/06, Nicolas Frisby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps the editor could assume a default precedence when the user-defined precedence is not yet available. Preferably, the editor would also somehow yell at the user to indicate that it is making such an assumption. Perhaps it could even a

Re: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Automatic fixity allocation for symbolic operators

2006-10-14 Thread Nicolas Frisby
Perhaps the editor could assume a default precedence when the user-defined precedence is not yet available. Preferably, the editor would also somehow yell at the user to indicate that it is making such an assumption. I think it's unreasonable to tie programmers' hands for the sake of off-loading