[Haskell-cafe] Small syntax question

[Ketil Malde]

Maurício <briqueabraque at yahoo.com> writes:

>    Why isn't this one [valid code]?

> module Main where
> main = do {
> 	let a = 3;
> 	return ();
> };

My guess is that the compiler is confused about whether you mean

   do let a = 3
          return ()

or (your intended):

   do let a = 3
      return ()

A solution which appears to work with GHCi is:

   do let {a=3}; return ()

(Note that you don't need the enclosing {}s (although everybody seem
to use them), nor the terminating semicolons (they are for statement
separation, not termination - Pascal not C) -- they seem to be
harmless, though.

-k
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