[Haskell] Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC survey results

[Dinko Tenev]

On 6/28/05, Jim Apple <japple at freeshell.org> wrote:
> >  Some people would like features removed (implicit parameters was mentioned a couple of times). Linear implicit parameters is a clear candidate for removal.
> 
> I don't understand the motivation for this. Implicit parameters do weird
> things with the monomorphism restriction, but when I'm worried about
> that, I choose not to use them together.
> 
> Why remove a feature from a product? Why not, instead, just choose to
> not use it?

It depends on what you mean by "using it," of course, but sometimes
that's not a matter of choice (e.g. when you're reading others' code.)

Cheers,

D. Tenev