[Haskell-cafe] an idea for modifiyng data/newtype syntax: use `::=` instead of `=`
Tom Ellis
tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2013 at jaguarpaw.co.uk
Sat Aug 8 21:19:51 UTC 2015
On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 11:18:18PM +0200, MigMit wrote:
>
> > On 08 Aug 2015, at 23:16, Tom Ellis <tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2013 at jaguarpaw.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 11:14:40PM +0200, MigMit wrote:
> >>> On 08 Aug 2015, at 23:11, Tom Ellis <tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2013 at jaguarpaw.co.uk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Aug 08, 2015 at 11:02:27PM +0200, MigMit wrote:
> >>>> What you say is "if we don't use some perfectly legitimate language
> >>>> constructs and never use third-party code, than 'data' and 'newtype' are
> >>>> the same".
> >>>
> >>> No, not at all. I'm making a much stronger claim than that. I'm claiming
> >>> the functionality provided by newtype is completely subsumed by that
> >>> provided by data.
> >>
> >> Well, it's certainly unsupported by evidence. Because third-party code CAN
> >> distinguish between those.
> >
> > OK, show me the code!
>
> I did. You removed it when quoting.
Reinstating:
>> Prelude> newtype A = A Int deriving Show
>> Prelude> data B = B !Int deriving Show
>> Prelude> let x = case x of A n -> A 1 in x
>> A 1
>> Prelude> let y = case y of B n -> B 1 in y
>> *** Exception: <<loop>>
This isn't third party code. It knows about the constructors of A and B.
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