[Haskell-cafe] Named field syntax

[Philip Weaver]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Roman Cheplyaka <roma at ro-che.info> wrote:

> * 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?
>

Also, if positional record notation is a design error, then is it also a
design error not to require all arguments to be explicitly associated with
named formal parameters at a function call site (e.g. f(x = 1, y = 2, z =
3))?


>
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