Re: character literal question

Neil Mitchell wrote: This is what Ada does. I think that's a reason enough to keep things the way they are. More obscure languages such as C/C++ and Java also happen to do the same thing. -- Ashley Yakeley ___ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-p

Re: character literal question

Hi Is there a reason why we have to escape the character ' (apostrophe) when used in a character literal? For example, we have to write '\'' instead of '''. This is what Ada does. I think that's a reason enough to keep things the way they are. It does actually make syntax hilighting more com

Re: character literal question

Iavor Diatchki wrote: Hello, Is there a reason why we have to escape the character ' (apostrophe) when used in a character literal? For example, we have to write '\'' instead of '''. (With syntax highlighting, the second is a lot better looking than the first.) It seems that in this case we do

character literal question

Hello, Is there a reason why we have to escape the character ' (apostrophe) when used in a character literal? For example, we have to write '\'' instead of '''. (With syntax highlighting, the second is a lot better looking than the first.) It seems that in this case we do not need the escape be

Re: Standard (core) libraries initiative: rationale

Bulat Ziganshin wrote: and this leads us to other question - whether this set and API of each library should be fixed in language standard or it can evolve during the time?... First, I should say that I am a Haskell newbie so consider what I say below as an 'external' point of view. About th