[ghc-steering-committee] As patterns in pattern synonyms (#94), Recommendation: accept

[Manuel M T Chakravarty]

+1

> Am 28.02.2018 um 01:19 schrieb Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de>:
> 
> Dear Committee,
> 
> this is your secretary speaking:
> 
> As patterns in pattern synonyms, by Richard.
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/94
> rendered at
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/as-pattern-synonyms/AsPatternSynonyms.rst
> 
> I’ll shepherd that myself.
> 
> This proposal removes restrictions on what can be used in
> unidirectional pattern synonyms, where @-pattern were previously
> disallowed. The restriction would make sense if patterns synonyms are
> macros, but they are not. I am always in favor of removing special
> cases and restrictions, so I recommend to accept this proposal.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joachim
> -- 
> Joachim Breitner
>  mail at joachim-breitner.de
>  http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
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