The dreaded M-R

[Simon Marlow]

On 31 January 2006 00:53, Neil Mitchell wrote:

>> Second, a warning about "loss of sharing" may befuddle beginners (who
>> are usually not taught to write type signatures at the start).
> 
> Are standards documents the place for prescribing which warnings
> should be raised, and under what circumstances?

Not prescribing, no.  It would be a recommendation.  The Haskell 98
report already contains recommendations - see the section on pragmas,
for example, and I'm sure there are more examples.

Cheers,
	Simon