I think they are equally feasible, but as Simon says, we have avoided introducing new global keywords. And I think we should avoid it this time too. Why break programs when we don't have to.
-- Lennart On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Ian Lynagh <ig...@earth.li> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 09:46:29AM +0000, Simon Marlow wrote: > > > > I don't think it's feasible to allow 'case' as a type > > variable, but it's certainly feasible to allow 'forall' as a term > > variable. > > Why is 'case'-only-in-expression harder than 'forall'-only-in-type? > > > On the other hand, it makes life difficult for syntax highlighters. > > Yup. > > > Thanks > Ian > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-prime mailing list > Haskell-prime@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime >
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