H98 Report: expression syntax glitch

[Simon Marlow]

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 05:07:35PM -0000, Simon Marlow wrote:
> > On the other hand, one way to fix this problem *is* to specify the
> > relative precedence of 'let' & co. as compared to infix operators
> > (namely that 'let' should have a lower precedence).  That would be a
> > reasonable fix for the H98 report, IMO.
>=20
> Except that it would break programs containing expressions like
>=20
> 	1 + let x =3D 2 in e
>=20
> or (if you do the same for lambda)
>=20
> 	f $ \x -> e
>=20
> The old table had let (and if and lambda) in two places, which is
> more less what GHC/Hugs do, but not a mere clarification.

Yes *sigh* I hadn't noticed that the table had one precedence for =
"leftwards" and a different one for "rightwards".  Nevertheless, the =
report needs clarifying on this point.

Cheers,
	Simon