quoting in error messages

2006-04-07 Thread Frederik Eaton
Hi, This is quite a minor issue but I just wanted to point out that it would be a little easier on the eye to use double quotes rather than paired single quotes in error messages e.g.: Couldn't match the rigid variable `d'' against `Bar a' `d'' is bound by the polymorphic type `forall

RE: quoting in error messages

2006-04-07 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
What do others think? It'd be dead easy to replace `thing' by thing in GHC's error messages, if that's what a majority want. Simon | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:glasgow-haskell-bugs- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frederik Eaton | Sent: 07

RE: quoting in error messages

2006-04-07 Thread Axel Simon
On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 16:23 +0100, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: What do others think? It'd be dead easy to replace `thing' by thing in GHC's error messages, if that's what a majority want. I'd agree with Frederik. Most errors do not involve string constants and `foo' is rather

Re: quoting in error messages

2006-04-07 Thread Henrik Nilsson
What do others think? It'd be dead easy to replace `thing' by thing in GHC's error messages, if that's what a majority want. Double quotes looks preferable to me. All the best, /Henrik -- Henrik Nilsson School of Computer Science and Information Technology The University of

[GHC] #740: Copyright information is wrong in some GHC source files

2006-04-07 Thread GHC
#740: Copyright information is wrong in some GHC source files +--- Reporter: guest|Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: lowest |Milestone: