Michael Shulman wrote:
On 09 Sep 2006 11:17:52 +0100, Jón Fairbairn
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Right about the start of the design of Haskell, I proposed
the rule "parentheses should only be used for grouping".

I think I would have liked that rule.  Are parentheses currently used
for anything else besides grouping and sections?

Yes: tuples, contexts, set of classes to derive from in a deriving clause, module export list, import directives.

Regards, Brian.
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Yet still phantoms restless for eras long past,
congealed in the present in unthought forms,
strive mightily unseen to destroy us.

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