On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > | What's the status of the TDNR proposal [1]? Personally I think it is a > | very good idea and I'd like to see it in Haskell'/GHC rather sooner > | than later. Working around the limitations of the current record > | system is one of my biggest pain points in Haskell and TDNR would be a > | major improvement. Thus I wonder if someone is actively working on > | this proposal? > > It's stalled. As far as I know, there's been very little discussion about > it. It's not a trivial thing to implement, and it treads on delicate > territory (how "." is treated). So I'd need to be convinced there was a > strong constituency who really wanted it before adding it. > > I've added an informal straw poll to the bottom of [1] to allow you to > express an opinion.
And how I love expressing my opinion :-P. I would if only I could figure out how to edit the page! Am I being dense? (Yes, I am logged in) Luke > Also I'm not very happy with the "stacking operations" part, and I'd like a > better idea. > > Simon > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
