[Haskell-cafe] Emacs: Haskell snippets for YASnippet

[Daniel Schüssler]

Hi Deniz,

> Cool stuff, I will probably be using this!
thanks :)

> 
> In my opinion, the naming convention is a bit inconsistent. Extension
> snippets all begin with "-x" but imports begin with "imp". I'd prefer
> seeing import snippets begin with "-i" and use names easier to
> remember, e.g. instead of "impcms", use "-istate" and instead of
> "impdm.Map" use "-imap", etc. At least consider it! :)

Ah, the rationale behind the "-x" was that these are also GHC command line 
flags ;) But I also like "-i" better than "imp". 

About the names: In one sense the current scheme is easier to remember because 
the abbreviation can be deduced from the module name. But I suppose you're 
right and "state" etc. are still easier to remember in practice, so feel free 
to send in a patch.

> 
> And about the "bot" -> "⊥" rule... Is ⊥ really valid Haskell?
> 

Well yes, but it's an operator name token, so valid haskell would be:

x ⊥ y = x + y

or

(⊥) = undefined

with this use as a constant you'd have to use the parentheses every time, so 
it probably isn't very useful indeed.


Greetings,
Daniel