[Haskell-cafe] Prolog-style list syntax?

[Jaro Reinders]

I have definitely wanted this for strings:

     "prefix" ++ xs = string

Is much better than:

     'p' : 'r' : 'e' : 'f' : 'i' : 'x' : xs = string


   Jaro

On 28-06-2021 20:15, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:04:46AM -0700, Jeff Clites via Haskell-Cafe wrote:
> 
>>> how so?  `x : y : z : zs`
>>
>> I don’t mind the existing either, but it would be interesting if this worked:
>>
>>      [x, y, z] ++ zs = list
> 
> It is far from clear why this or any similar pattern would be more
> ergonomic than:
> 
>      x : y : z : zs
> 
> --
>      Viktor.
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