Question

I cant seem to find much info on haskells layout features, as I understand it is something like pythons formatting requirements except that is optional. How can I choose not to use this option correctly? Would it be a good idea to start without it so that I get a solid feel for the language itself?

Answer 1

See http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Haskell_indentation and http://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/lexemes.html#sect2.7 (both contain examples).

Pros:

• less typing
• less to read, nicer-looking (if you’re comfortable with it)

Cons:

• you might get it wrong, especially if you’re not familiar with it. Braces make things crystal clear if you’re not sure.