patch applied (haskell-prime-status): add ""Make $ left associative, like application"

[David Menendez]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Niklas Broberg
<niklas.broberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm very suspicious about the power/weight ratio of this change.
>  >  Normally, for simple value-level stuff like this, provide both options:
>  >
>  >     mapM / forM. =<< >>=
>  >
>  >  So how about, rather than break things, just provide an alternative to ($).
>
>  Alright, I'm not sure what the proper channel for doing this is, but I
>  reckon here is as good as anywhere. I would like to propose that the
>  Haskell' Prelude includes the function
>
>  f $$ x = f x
>
>  with the same fixity level as $ (presumably 0) but being left
>  associative instead. And that $ is left as is.

It's a pity that @ isn't available for use as an operator. I've seen
it used to represent application in a few places, and its resemblance
to an "a" is a handy mnemonic. Is & still free?

-- 
Dave Menendez <dave at zednenem.com>
<http://www.eyrie.org/~zednenem/>