I've just uploaded my new th-desugar package, which enables easier processing of Template Haskell source syntax by desugaring it into a much simpler core language. The meaning of the code after desugaring is identical to before desugaring, but the syntax is much simpler. To wit, th-desugar simplifies out all of the following constructs:
- guarded expressions in both functions and case statements - "where" declarations - do syntax - list/monad comprehensions - record creation / updates - as patterns - non-trivial patterns in a lambda expression - lambda-case - multi-way if - several more If you are writing a library that manipulates Template Haskell syntax, you may wish to consider if th-desugar will make your job easier by forcing you to consider fewer cases. The one source Haskell construct supported by Template Haskell but not supported by th-desguar is view patterns, mostly because these interact quite non-trivially with pattern binders. It's possible this hole will be closed in a future version. Enjoy! Richard _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
