[ghc-steering-committee] RecordDotSyntax: please express a view

[Simon Marlow]

I'm not a huge fan of this proposal mostly due to the confusion it
introduces between "a . b" and "a.b". However we already decided we didn't
care too much about that when we introduced qualified names, so I think
that ship has sailed. (In fact I'd rather like us to pick a different
symbol for function composition, heretical a suggestion as that may be,
given that we've effectively deprecated the significance . as function
composition by introducing two more meanings for it).

So to be clear, I am weakly in favour of acceptance.

I would much prefer (.foo) to .foo for the standalone selector syntax,
though.

Cheers
Simon

On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 at 22:58, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-steering-committee <
ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org> wrote:

> Dear steering committee
>
> I'm the shepherd for the RecordDotSyntax proposal.
>   https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/282
>
> I recommend acceptance:
>
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/282#issuecomment-563477691
>
> Please reads the proposal, and as much of the discussion as you feel able,
> and respond in the next week or two to indicate your views.
>
> Remember: ask technical questions on the Github discussion thread, and use
> this mailing list for more evaluative discussion of judgement or opinion.
>
> I'd love every member of the committee to express a view.  This proposal
> has attracted a lot of interest.
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: ghc-steering-committee <ghc-steering-committee-bounces at haskell.org
> >
> | On Behalf Of Joachim Breitner
> | Sent: 28 November 2019 10:11
> | To: ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org
> | Subject: [EXTERNAL] [ghc-steering-committee] Please review #282:
> | RecordDotSyntax, Shepherd: Simon PJ
> |
> | Dear Committee,
> |
> | this is your secretary speaking:
> |
> | RecordDotSyntax language extension proposal has been proposed by Neil
> | Mitchell and Shayne Fletcher
> | https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/282
> | https://github.com/shayne-fletcher-da/ghc-proposals/blob/record-dot-
> | syntax/proposals/0000-record-dot-syntax.md
> |
> | This is going to be a tricky one. It is partly about whitespace, so it
> | has attracted a _lot_ of community interest, by far the most so far. To
> | navigate that ship, I propose Simon PJ as the shepherd, because he is a
> | excellent moderator and community manager, and because he has the
> | necessary authority to hopefully get a verdict accepted.
> |
> | Please reach consensus as described in
> | https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
> | I suggest you make a recommendation, in a new e-mail thread with the
> | proposal number in the subject, about the decision, maybe point out
> | debatable points, and assume that anyone who stays quiet agrees with you.
> |
> | Thanks,
> | Joachim
> | --
> | Joachim Breitner
> |   mail at joachim-breitner.de
> |   http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
> |
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