RE: quoting in error messages

On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 16:23 +0100, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> What do others think?  It'd be dead easy to replace
>       `thing'
> by
>       "thing" 
> in GHC's error messages, if that's what a majority want.

I'd agree with Frederik. Most errors do not involve string constants and
`foo' is rather awkward unless run through latex.

Axel.

> Simon
> 
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: glasgow-haskell-bugs-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:glasgow-haskell-bugs-
> | bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frederik Eaton
> | Sent: 07 April 2006 13:40
> | To: glasgow-haskell-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> | Subject: quoting in error messages
> | 
> | Hi,
> | 
> | This is quite a minor issue but I just wanted to point out that it
> | would be a little easier on the eye to use double quotes rather than
> | paired single quotes in error messages e.g.:
> | 
> |     Couldn't match the rigid variable `d'' against `Bar a'
> |       `d'' is bound by the polymorphic type `forall d d'.
> |                                              (Data d, Data d') =>
> |                                              t d d' -> t d d''
> | 
> | Thanks,
> | 
> | Frederik
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