[Haskell-cafe] Fwd: Syntax extension - adding import support to let/where bindings

Tom Ellis tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2013 at jaguarpaw.co.uk
Wed Aug 5 19:42:15 UTC 2015


On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 05:19:47PM +0000, Mike Meyer wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:43 AM Evan Laforge <qdunkan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > And while "you don't have to use it" is
> > always brought up, it seems to me the more successful the feature is
> > the more likely you do have to use it.
> 
> "You don't have to use it" is a canard, and that argument needs to be
> killed whenever and wherever it arises.
> 
> Sure, I don't have to use it. But
[...]

Very much agreed, and thank you for making this argument (although I also
like Ollie's suggestion).

Tom


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