[Haskell-cafe] Named field syntax

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2008 Aug 29, at 9:30, Maurí cio wrote:
> However, this doesn't:
>
> data Test = Test Integer {b::String}
>
> Is there some way to name only a single, or a few,
> of some data type fields?


There's no shorthand for it, no (and therefore you can't get one that  
works for pattern matching).  Personally, I haven't found it a  
hardship, because you can always used the unnamed field syntax.

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