Oops...forgot the footnote. The lexical syntax part of the report is at http://haskell.org/onlinereport/lexemes.html.
Alex On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Alexander Dunlap <alexander.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Comments are started with "--" followed by a character that is not a > symbol character. If it is followed by a symbol character (e.g. "*") > then the "--" plus the symbol (e.g. "--*") parses as an operator > rather than a comment. "p" is not a symbol, so the "--" starts a > comment. > > For a precise description of Haskell syntax, see the Haskell98 > Report[1]. It's quite readable, at least in comparison to other > "precise" documents I've attempted to read. > > Hope that helps. > > Alex > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Hong Yang <hyang...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Nowhere any Haskell book mentioned "line comments start with "-- ", not just >> "--"." It is just people usually put "-- " ahead of comments. >> >> I can successfully compile "--print bla bla bla." >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Sebastian Sylvan >> <sebastian.syl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Hong Yang <hyang...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I got an error if one of lines reads "--++ bla bla bla" where I tried to >>>> comment, but "-- ++ bla bla bla" (notice the space after "--") is OK. >>>> >>>> Do you think this revealed a tiny bug in the GHC compiler (I am using >>>> Windows Haskell Platform 2009.2.0.2)? >>> >>> Line comments start with "-- ", not just "--". >>> -- >>> Sebastian Sylvan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
