Re: Library conventions

[Manuel M. T. Chakravarty]

Jon Fairbairn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,

> > >   4) Qualified infix operators are ugly.
> > 
> > Yes, I can't deny that. :)
> 
> That seems like a presentation problem.  One day an editor 
> might be persuaded to display Prelude.+ as (till ex.) + in 
> proper size and 'Prelude' in smaller type beneath it or as 
> a subscript.

You can't base the design of a general purpose programming
language on the capabilities of one (or even some)
editor(s).  Sometimes I am editing Haskell over a remote
login connection, which leaves me more or less with plain
ascii.

Manuel