[Haskell-cafe] Indentation woes

[anon]

2007/7/26, Stefan O'Rear <stefanor at cox.net>:
> As for "why", it's just a matter of Haskell Committee taste.  Nothing
> too deep, just an arbitrary set of rules.
That's not much of an explanation, is it? I imagine someone must have
given the matter some thought before describing the layout rule in
great details in the language report. Perhaps there was a perfectly
good reason to preclude this kind of code, but I'm afraid I do need a
reason if I am to understand why. And if it turns out that there
really is no such reason, would it be terribly presumptuous of me to
suggest that the rules be changed to accomodate this particular style
in Haskell' or a future revision of the language? I guess it would,
but one can always hope.