On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Dan Weston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > C++ faced this very issue by saying that with global data, uniqueness of > initialization is guaranteed but order of evaluation is not.
In C++ circles, this is referred to as the "static initialization order fiasco", and it is a frequent cause of crashes that are very difficult to debug. http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors.html#faq-10.12 I think it would be fair to say that C++ pushed this problem off to every user of the language. I haven't seen a coherent description of what the semantics of top-level "<-" should be, but avoidance of widespread swearing would be at the top of my list of requirements. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
