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

Joachim Breitner mail at joachim-breitner.de
Wed Jan 10 11:44:49 UTC 2018


Hi,

Am Dienstag, den 09.01.2018, 17:55 -0500 schrieb David Feuer:
> 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. 

they are maybe somewhat verbose and distracting, but they are also
explicit (compared to OverloadedLists) and do not introduce new stuff
(compared to funny brackets). I would leave it as it is.

Joachim

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