Views in Haskell---why were they removed?

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From: Ben Lian
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 1990 02:18

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Would someone please explain to me why views were removed from Haskell?  I
didn't follow the discussion too closely last year when the subject was
discussed, but `difficult to implement' is a phrase that springs to mind.  They
are of great interest to me because a similar mechanism may solve a problem I
have with importing ADTs into generic units in a language I am playing with.

Thanks,


Ben Lian
(ben@tasis.eecs.utas.edu.au)

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