[ghc-steering-committee] Proposal #302: `\of`

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, den 17.09.2020, 15:22 +0000 schrieb Simon Peyton Jones
via ghc-steering-committee:
> If it was re-cast as \mcase, which is just like \case but allows n-ary functions, I’d find it quite acceptable.  The two then become extremely close, so there’s a very low cognitive load.  
>  
> GHC’s internals already allow this, and it seems surprisingly non-orthogonal that the source language does not.
>  
> We could kill off MultiWayIf.
>  
> But I don’t feel strongly.  If a consensus does not emerge, maybe we should just vote.


Cale, as the shepherd, could you lead us here to a resolution? I see
many voices in favor of rejection, but not really consensus yet.

Cheers,
Joachim

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