Re: [Caml-list] syntax foo

[Markus Mottl <markus@oefai.at>]

On Wed, 06 Feb 2002, Lauri Alanko wrote:
> Note that the layout rule in Haskell is _optional_. You can always use
> explicit braces and semicolons and forget about indentation. So at least
> your point on code generation doesn't hold.

Ok.

> Personally, I find Haskell's syntax (with or without the layout rule)
> infinitely more convenient than OCaml's. Anything that uses "end" to mark
> the end of a block is hopelessly clumsy and old-fashioned. :)

I agree that Haskell-code looks much nicer than OCaml-code. The question
is whether anybody would want to write an advanced parser for OCaml...

> The sorest lack in both the old and the revised syntax is the need for a
> let*-form, ie. a sequence of bindings, each of which is in the scope of the
> previous ones. I _so_ hate doing this:
> 
> let foo = bar in
>   let baz = quux in
>     let fnord = fnarp in
>       ...

Well, one doesn't have to indent each line, of course. It's still a bit
painful to have all those "let"s and "in"s.

Regards,
Markus Mottl

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Markus Mottl                                             markus@oefai.at
Austrian Research Institute
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