Thanks for the explanation!
On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 19:07, Brian Boutel wrote:
> You can't do this because where clauses are not part of the expression
> syntax. If they were, expressions like
>
> let a=b in c where d=e
> or
> if a then b else c where d=e
>
> whould be ambiguous, unless you adopt arbitrary rules about the
> prededences, and such arbitrary rules are considered a bad thing.
I'm trying to see how ambiguity might arise. Do you mean something
like:
let a=1 in a+a where a=3
or have you something different in mind?
And I can't yet think of a situation where
if a then b else c where d=e
would cause problems.
Cheers,
Mark.
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