On 12/01/2012, Morten Brodersen <morten.broder...@constrainttec.com> wrote: > Even if Unicode is not required, there is still a fallout. Let's look at > a simple scenario: > > Somebody uploads a nice useful Haskell module that include a number of > Unicode symbols. > > Unfortunately most unix/windows/tools/source controls/editors out there > are Ascii only.
If so, most unix/windows/tools/source controls/editors out there are broken. > So people who wants to use the module now potentially need to convert > the code to Ascii (and potentially back again) in order to use it with > non-Unicode tools. No, people need to get Unicode (or, better yet, when possible, code-agnostic) tools. > Yes it is *of course* doable but all of that just because of a > *relatively" simple problem to do with how you access record fields? Really? > > That is IMHO a clear example of shooting birds with nuclear rockets. > > Let me suggest that a simple non-nuclear alternative would be for people > interested in Unicode symbols to use an editor that auto converts from > Haskell Ascii to Haskell Unicode when loading and (of course) back again > when saving. You can do that today. You can even pick your own Ascii > from/to Unicode mapping. No need to argue about whether a symbol is > prettier than another. All of this without forcing the rest of the > (couldn't care less about record access syntax) Haskell community to > have to deal with Unicode :-) That is (in my opinion) a clear example of shooting foes in heavy armour with bird-shot. From a muzzle-loader. > Morten > > On 13/01/12 14:43, Brandon Allbery wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 22:32, Morten Brodersen >> <morten.broder...@constrainttec.com >> <mailto:morten.broder...@constrainttec.com>> wrote: >> >> Requiring unicode characters for the Haskell syntax to solve a >> *relatively* simple problem is a bad bad idea. >> >> >> Nobody said anything about requiring it. >> >> -- >> brandon s allbery allber...@gmail.com <mailto:allber...@gmail.com> >> wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms >> > > _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users