[mercury-users] tuple syntax

[Robert Ernst Johann JESCHOFNIK]

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Peter Schachte wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 10:27:52PM +1100, Peter Schachte wrote:
> > (This would be a lot nicer if Mercury had a decent syntax for
> > tuples, but let's just worry about one syntax hack at a time.)
> 
> Hmmm.  Here's an idea for a better tuple syntax.  Is there something
> wrong with this?  If not, it might be a nice easy addition to the
> standard library somewhere.
> 
> 	 :- type (A,B) ---> (A,B).


I asked DJ this exact question a few weeks ago. I cannot remember exactly
what he said, but I remember that there was a reason pair was defined like
it is. I think it may have been a precedence problem. DJ?


Rob
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