[Haskell-cafe] if - then - else layout

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2008 Sep 25, at 0:47, leledumbo wrote:
> consider this partial program:
> if n>5 then
>  putStrLn "big"
> else
>  putStrLn "small"
>
> this works fine in hugs, but in ghc I must change it to:
> if n>5
>  then
>    putStrLn "big"
>  else
>    putStrLn "small"


Actually, this also works:

   if n > 5 then
       putStrLn "big"
     else
       putStrLn "small"

Except in a "do", the "else" must be indented beyond the start of the  
"if".  I think Hugs is violating the Haskell98 layout rules.

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