[Haskell-cafe] Getting some funny brackets in Haddock docs

[Michael Orlitzky]

On 01/09/2018 05:55 PM, David Feuer wrote:
> The containers Haddock documentation currently represents sequences,
> sets, and maps via the relevant `fromList` function. For example,
> Data.Map gives the example
> 
>   findWithDefault 'x' 1 (fromList [(5,'a'), (3,'b')]) == 'x'
> 
> I find these `fromList` calls exceedingly distracting, and I think
> they obscure the key ideas. Of course, I *could* just specify at the
> top that the documentation assumes OverloadedLists, but I think that's
> likely to be somewhat confusing, especially to beginners.

If you think that's confusing, just wait til you try to explain that
unicode snowman means circumfix fromList.

How about,

  >>> let map_with_no_1 = fromList [(5,'a'), (3,'b')]
  >>> let default_value = 'x'
  >>> findWithDefault default_value 1 map_with_no_1 == default_value
  True