[Haskell-cafe] error on "--++ bla bla bla"

[Daniel Peebles]

I don't think it's a bug. --++ is a valid operator, whereas --
introduces a comment.

In GHCI:

Prelude> let (--++) = (+) in 5 --++ 6
11

Hope this helps,
Dan


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Hong Yang <hyangfji at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got an error if one of lines reads "--++ bla bla bla" where I tried to
> comment, but "-- ++ bla bla bla" (notice the space after "--") is OK.
>
> Do you think this revealed a tiny bug in the GHC compiler (I am using
> Windows Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hong
>
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