Names for Data.Sequence pattern synonyms

David Feuer david.feuer at gmail.com
Sun Apr 3 00:07:13 UTC 2016


Milan Straka and I agree that we want Data.Sequence to offer pattern
synonyms to make it more convenient to work with the ends of sequences. I
wanted to check with everyone here what names to use. Relevant names
already exposed:

1. <|, |>, and empty for cons, snoc, and empty
2. data ViewL a = EmptyL | a :< Seq a, and the equivalent on the right.

I suggested Empty, :<<, and :>> as the pattern synonyms, the latter chosen
for the relative convenience of the double tap. Milan suggested (correctly,
I suspect) that the greater clarity of Empty, :<|, and :|> is worth the
price in typing.
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