[Haskell-cafe] Named field syntax

[Roman Cheplyaka]

* Johannes Waldmann <waldmann at imn.htwk-leipzig.de> [2008-08-29 15:39:15+0200]
> > data Test = Test Integer {b::String}
> 
> positional (= unnamed) record notation is a language design error :-)
> and its use should be discouraged. - J.W.

Polluting namespace with unneeded functions should not be encouraged
either. Consider for instance defining datatype for 3x3 matrix.
Would the absence of unnamed record notation make you more happy?

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