Yes, it works better. Thanks for fixing my dumbness. But then, why is it
documented the other way ?

Regards,
Arnaud

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Roel van Dijk <vandijk.r...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Does it help if you format it like this:
>
> -- |Apply a given function over all elements of a list and select one of
> the
> -- results.
> selector :: (Arbitrary b)
>         => [a]       -- ^ Elements to select from
>         -> (a -> b)  -- ^ Constructor to apply to selected element
>         -> Gen b
> selector list ctor = oneof (map (return . ctor) list)
>
> So placing the => and -> before the lines instead of after them?
>
> 2011/8/25 Arnaud Bailly <arnaud.oq...@gmail.com>:
> > Hello,
> > while trying to generate Haddock documentation (Haddock version 2.9.2,
> (c)
> > Simon Marlow 2006), it chokes on the following fragment
> >
> > -- |Apply a given function over all elements of a list and select one of
> the
> > -- results.
> > selector :: (Arbitrary b) =>
> >             [a]      -> -- ^ Elements to select from
> >             (a -> b) -> -- ^ Constructor to apply to selected element
> >             Gen b
> > selector list ctor = oneof (map (return . ctor) list)
> >
> > with the following error message:
> >
> > '   parse error on input `-- ^ Elements to select from
> >
> > I am puzzled as this is exactly how arguments are supposed to be
> documented,
> > according to
> http://www.haskell.org/haddock/doc/html/ch03s02.html#id565220
> >
> > Any clues ?
> >
> > Arnaud
> >
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