I like that idea. When I was first learning Haskell, I remember spending a non-trivial amount of time trying to figure out what '$' did. I incorrectly assumed that it was provided by some library. '!' and '~' would certainly be other good candidates for this kind of a page. These types of things can be pretty hard to google.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Andrew Coppin <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's an idea... maybe we should make a small page on the Wiki explaining > what all the various symbols in Haskell mean? > > There are a couple which are rare enough that most tutorials don't mention > them that often. And there are of course symbols which mean different things > in different contexts. (I especially love how curly braces are used for > overriding layout *and* for named fields...) > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
