[Haskell-cafe] Re: sections of noncommutative operators

[Brian Hulley]

Michael Shulman wrote:
> On 09 Sep 2006 11:17:52 +0100, Jón Fairbairn
> <jon.fairbairn at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Right about the start of the design of Haskell, I proposed
>> the rule "parentheses should only be used for grouping".
>
> I think I would have liked that rule.  Are parentheses currently used
> for anything else besides grouping and sections?

Yes: tuples, contexts, set of classes to derive from in a deriving clause, 
module export list, import directives.

Regards, Brian.
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