[Haskell-cafe] an idea for modifiyng data/newtype syntax: use `::=` instead of `=`

[Kosyrev Serge]

Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> writes:
> Haskell may be new to you personally. That does not mean that it's okay to break
> what, more than 15 years worth of code?

I don't mean to come across argumentative -- rather I merely want to point out,
that the way of accomplishing it in a non-breaking way was proposed in this thread:
an extra keyword + a pragma to guard against name clashes.

Whether it's worth the trouble or not -- again, I have no opinion of my own.

Please, let's discuss the idea on its merit, and not criticize some flawed version of it.

-- 
respectfully,
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