On 2006 mrt 09, at 1:54, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
I agree with it being complicated. I don't know of any compiler
that implements it correctly. Do you say your combinators do?
At least we think so. The way to use it is e.g.:
pExprPrefix = sem_Expr_Let <$ pKey "let" <*> pDecls <* pKey
"in"
pDecls = foldr sem_Decls_Cons sem_Decls_Nil
<$> pBlock pOCurly pSemi
pCCurly pDecl
pDecl = sem_Decl_Val <$> pPatExprBase <* pKey
"=" <*> pExpr
<|> sem_Decl_TySig <$> pVar <*
pKey "::" <*> pTyExpr
in which the pBlock takes care of the offside rule, in cooperation
with the scanner.
That said, I don't think it can be replaced easily without breaking
existing code, so I'm unwilling to change unless someone can show
an alternative that handles 99.9% of the existing code.
There are solutions to this kind of transitions. Compilers could
admit the old rule, and emit a warning when e.g. the --this-is-
supposed-to-be-strictly-haskell-prime flag is passed. One might also
equip a compiler to transform one's program into the new standard.
Doaitse
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