[GHC] #14812: Dot-Notation for Flipped Function Application

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#14812: Dot-Notation for Flipped Function Application
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        Reporter:  tepan             |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.2.2
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Comment (by AntC):

 Replying to [ticket:14812 tepan]:
 > Please allow to put a dot `.` (without whitespaces) between two things
 for ''flipped'' function application. This could make for code in pseudo-
 OOP style:

 Great idea! It's been suggested many times, including by SPJ
 https://prime.haskell.org/wiki/TypeDirectedNameResolution; and especially
 to represent field application to a record or struct, similar to OOP
 https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Records/DeclaredOverloadedRecordFields/DotPostfix.

 Sadly, it was shot down in flames; because it seems there's lots of code
 using dot as function composition not surrounded by whitespace -- for
 example, it's a common idiom with lenses.

 But I think worth asking again. As others have said, please submit a
 proposal on github.

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