[Haskell-cafe] Strange subtract operator behavior

[Neil Mitchell]

Hi

> > I think you should have to write negative numbers using the syntax
> > 0-10, since currently having one single unary operator is ugly.
>
> I think writing 0-10 is ugly.

Ugly - yes. But very clear as to its meaning. How often do people
actually write negative numeric literals? My guess is that -1 is the
most common by a long way, but even that is quite rare. Of course,
real statistics of real programs are the only answer.

Thanks

Neil