Proposal #3339: Add (+>) as a synonym for mappend

Yitzchak Gale gale at sefer.org
Sun Aug 14 22:20:37 CEST 2011


I think I've made my position clear, so I'm going to stop
beating the drum and giving everyone a headache.
But for a different reason, I feel I do need to respond to
one more comment:

Johan Tibell wrote:
> We're not going to stop changing base because someone added an
> operator with the same name as we'd like to use in some package on
> Hackage.

That is really not fair to Edward. He is not just "someone" - he
is one of today's leading contributors to Haskell's ecosystem,
both in quantity and in quality. When he makes a contribution
directed at a general audience, like this one, it is intuitive, practical,
performant, elegant, carefully considered, and based on deep
theoretical harmony.

Edward did not just add "an operator with the same name". He implemented
this ticket, the right way. It's done. You can already use <> today - just
say "import Data.Semigroup ((<>))". If you want to put that in base, go
right ahead.

Please don't imply that I am against making changes to base
in general. The reason we came to this situation in the first place
is that the original proposal languished for so long. At least
this time, whatever we decide will be implemented right away. :)

As I type this, Edward himself has come out in favor of the
original proposal, thus breaking all code based on his own
package. So I guess that settles it.

Thanks,
Yitz



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