[Haskell-cafe] Records

[Philippa Cowderoy]

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Simon Marlow wrote:

> I'm assuming you don't consider the distinction between '::' and ': :'
> to be a problem - the justification for this is simple and logical: a
> double colon '::' is a reserved symbol, in the same way that 'then' is a
> reserved identifier.
> 

I have to admit that even if it weren't my expectation would be for '::' 
to parse as one operator and complain (of course, as ': :' the odds of it 
being used in a situation where it typechecks are rather low).

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