Positional cues or not

Simon Marlow simonmar@microsoft.com
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 04:58:03 -0800


> > The end of line version could be:
> > 
> > 	--# DOC
> > 	-- Documentation goes here...
> > 	--
> 
> Sorry, that breaks Haskell'98.   --#  is a valid operator symbol.

yes, I always loved that particular change in Haskell 98. not.

> > But, some people clearly prefer a style which is easier on 
> the eye, in
> > which case the {--- -} and --- are fine by me.
> 
> Triple dashes are nice because they
>     *  have low visual density (not too obtrusive)
>     *  look the same for nested/end-of-line varieties without 
> breaking H'98

I think we're arriving at a consensus here.  Anyone object?

Cheers,
	Simon