Overloaded names for Map/Set?

[George Colpitts]

fwiw, I think this is a good idea

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:12 AM Andreas Klebinger <klebinger.andreas at gmx.at>
wrote:

> Hello devs,
>
> I would appreciate feedback on the idea in
> https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/934
>
> Maps/Sets in GHC for the most part offer the same basic functionality
> but their interfaces differ.
> In order to make this easier to work with I propose using overloading
> via IsSet/IsMap classes.
>
> The goal is to make working with these data structures simpler by having
> a uniform interface
> when it comes to names and argument orders.
>
> There are downsides, but to me they seem minor. Error messages can be
> more confusing when one
> get's the types wrong. We have to import the class to use it and the like.
> However overall I think making code easier by not having to remember the
> naming scheme + argument order
> for the different possible instances would make this worthwhile.
>
> But GHC isn't my project but one of the community so please voice your
> opinion on the matter on the
> merge request!
>
> Cheers
> Andreas
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