StricterLabelledFieldSyntax

[Sittampalam, Ganesh]

Ian Lynagh wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've made a ticket and proposal page for making the labelled field
> syntax stricter, e.g. making this illegal: 
> 
>     data A = A {x :: Int}
> 
>     y :: Maybe A
>     y = Just A {x = 5}

+1: The precedence here is an ugly wart. It's particularly annoying when
teaching Haskell syntax to newbies; the simple rule "juxtaposition binds
tighter than everything else" doesn't quite work.

Ganesh

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