[ghc-steering-committee] Proposal #302: Multiway lambda: new extension or not?

Richard Eisenberg lists at richarde.dev
Tue Sep 14 19:46:06 UTC 2021


I vote (2). We have so many extensions already -- I don't see the need for another.

Richard

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 3:38 AM, Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> on the multiway-lambda story, we have voted to add \cases alongside
> \case. But one open question is still: Do we 
> (1) add -XLambdaCases (which would imply -XLambdaCase) or
> (2) simply expand the meaning of -XLambdaCase.
> 
> On the Github thread at 
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/302#issuecomment-895080031
> we see that I lean towards (1), but SPJ leands towards (2).
> 
> It doesn’t matter that much, but we need to make a decision. Can I
> please get some opinions from the rest of the committee on this point?
> 
> Cheers,
> Joachim
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joachim Breitner
>  mail at joachim-breitner.de
>  http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
> 
> 
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