Re: The dreaded layout rule

[Manuel M. T. Chakravarty]

Lennart Augustsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,

> "Carl R. Witty" wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody disagree with my interpretation of the standard?  Are
> > there any implementations that actually follow the standard here?
> > (Maybe the standard should be changed to follow the implementations in
> > this area.)
> 
> I think you're absolutely right.  And I can't imagine any implementation
> following the Haskell definition.  I'm not even sure how to implement it
> (in an afficient way).

In other words, it is a bug (and GHC and Hugs don't do it
right - see my previous message; from your comment, I
presume HBC also doesn't follow the definition).  I think,
the only Right Thing is to remove this awful rule (unless
somebody comes up with a rule that can be decided locally).

Manuel