Re: [Caml-list] Custom operators in the revised syntax

["Nicolas Pouillard" <nicolas.pouillard@gmail.com>]

On 5/11/07, brogoff <brogoff@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 May 2007, Nicolas Pouillard wrote:
> > This seems reasonable, but that's more a guideline. The feature can be
> > present for that wants it. Moreover Camlp4 is about changing the
> > syntax, so one can buy the revised syntax without the fact of patching
> > syntaxes but features are here.
>
> Any chance we could have something like in Haskell where you easily
> define new infix names?

Something general like: x `foo` y ?

> Speaking of Haskell and Revised, one of the things I like about Revised
> over Ocaml syntax (that lots of people dislike it seems) is the
> additional bracketing. Most of the syntactical annoyances I have with
> Ocaml are usually connected with bracketing. Someone once quipped that
> all problems with ML syntax can be fixed with some parentheses, and I
> have to admit that quip makes sense. So I prefer Revised as an
> alternative syntax over Python/Haskell influenced approaches.

In Haskell you can put brackets and semi-colons if you dislike
significant layout.

-- 
Nicolas Pouillard