[Haskell] confusing language in report and a bug in (ghc|hugs)

[Malcolm Wallace]

John Peterson <peterson-john at cs.yale.edu> writes:

> The intention in the report was to match in the order listed in the
> pattern - you need not consult the data declaration to understand the
> ordering.  I think the report is clear enough - it's just a bug in
> ghc.

Just to be sure, I've added a clarification to the Report on the
errata page.
    http://www.haskell.org/definition/haskell98-revised-bugs.html

Regards,
    Malcolm