Chris Smith <cdsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sometimes I wish for a -fphp flag that would turn some type errors > > > into warnings. Example: > > > > > > v.hs:8:6: > > > Couldn't match expected type `[a]' against inferred type `()' > > > In the first argument of `a', namely `y' > > > In the expression: a y > > > In the definition of `c': c = a y > > > > > > GHC could substitute 'y = error "Couldn't match expected type > > > `[a]' against inferred type `()'"' and compile anyway. > > > > > > Would that bring Haskell closer to Python? > > > > It would make people abuse that feature. I don't want it. > > I do, particularly in GHCi. I don't mind if Haskell refuses to build > a binary, but having to comment out coded in order to load bits in > GHCi is definitely a pain.
I wonder why I don't have to do that. You may be thinking in a different language. With the semantics of Haskell also comes a certain programming style, I think. Greets, Ertugrul -- nightmare = unsafePerformIO (getWrongWife >>= sex) http://ertes.de/ _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
