Limber separators

[Alexander Berntsen]

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On 07/05/16 10:44, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
> Something that is missing from this type of discussion is any 
> reference to design rules, agreement on which should be made before
> any suggestion like this.
> 
> The one this violates is “never make language design decisions to
> work around deficiencies in tools”
I am entirely sympathetic to the argument. But I also have to read and
write Haskell a lot, and to suffer from something that can seemingly
be so trivially fixed *hurts*. Especially when languages like F# and
Elm have taken a more practical stance and just fixed it. It's another
"Haskell isn't practical/serious" argument from engineers -- and like
it or not, engineers are the main users of the language.

We should definitely avoid success at all costs. However, I don't
think the cost is too great in this instance. Especially considering
that there is already precedent for this in import and export lists.

Finally, I'd like to add that I appreciate your post and angle, and
hope that the committee take it to heart in general. The design should
be guided by (but not slave to) first principles.
- -- 
Alexander
alexander at plaimi.net
https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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