[Haskell-cafe] ScopedTypeVariables

[Dan Doel]

This is already a separate extension: PatternSignatures. However, that
extension is deprecated for some reason.


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Evan Laforge <qdunkan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Occasionally I have to explicitly add a type annotation, either for
> clarity or to help choose a typeclass instance.  Usually top-level
> type annotations take care of this, but sometimes it's convenient to
> only annotate a certain value, e.g. one argument of a lambda.
>
> I've noticed that while vanilla haskell is happy to allow me to put
> type annotations on variables where they are used (e.g. '\x -> f (x ::
> T)'), if I put it on the variable where it is bound (e.g. '\(x :: T)
> -> f x'), it wants me to turn on ScopedTypeVariables.
>
> I think ScopedTypeVariables is a nice extension and I'm sure it comes
> from a perfectly respectable family and all, but it feels like
> annotations on arguments comes in as a side-effect.
>
> Would it make sense to split it into a separate extension like
> TypesOnArguments so I can more accurately express my deviation from
> haskell2010 orthodoxy?  Or is there some deeper tie between scoped
> type variables and annotations on arguments?
>
> Now that I think of it, it seems inconsistent that 'x :: A -> B; x a =
> ...' is valid, but 'x = \(a :: A) -> (...) :: B' is not.  Doesn't the
> former desugar to the latter?
>
> And what about getting ScopedTypeVariables into haskell prime?  As far
> as I know everyone loves it, or at least no one actually hates it :)
>
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