[Haskell-cafe] "--" comments

[michael rice]

I'm just noticing that "--" comments don't seem to work properly when the first character following them is a '*'.

Michael


--*I like asterisks
--*I like asterisks
--*I like asterisks
--*I like asterisks

double x = x+x


Prelude> :l double
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( double.hs, interpreted )

double.hs:1:0: parse error on input `--*'
Failed, modules loaded: none.
Prelude> 




      
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