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

[Hong Yang]

Nowhere any Haskell book mentioned "line comments start with "-- ", not just
"--"." It is just people usually put "-- " ahead of comments.

I can successfully compile "--print bla bla bla."
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Sebastian Sylvan <
sebastian.sylvan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>   On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:52 AM, 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)?
>>
>
> Line comments start with "-- ", not just "--".
>
> --
> Sebastian Sylvan
>
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