The dreaded M-R

[lennart at augustsson.net]

Quoting Andrew Pimlott <andrew at pimlott.net>:

> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 11:06:29PM +0100, lennart at augustsson.net wrote:
>> Quoting Andrew Pimlott <andrew at pimlott.net>:
>> >In the present case, people aren't (only) opposing the M-R out of
>> >principle, but because they actually use overloaded variable definitions
>> >and (at least sometimes) want to leave off the signature.  So I don't
>> >see how one could claim, as on the wiki, the warning "wouldn't happen
>> >much".  I suspect it would happen, and annoy people, and defeat the
>> >reason that people want to remove the M-R.
>>
>> So I envisage that you'd turn off the warning in the same way as
>> you turn off the M-R today: by a type signature.
>
> But if people were happy adding type signatures for every polymorphic
> variable definition, they wouldn't be moving to eliminate the M-R, would
> they?  Or do I misunderstand?
>

Well, my feeling is that the M-R is an ugly wart, and I want it gone.
But I'm still happy to put a type signature when I want something to
be polymorphic.

    -- Lennart