On Tuesday 30 November 2004 11:41, Adrian Hey wrote: > In particular, the purpose of top level <- bindings IMO is *not* to > provide "global variables" (though they could be abused this way). > ... > If you consider the example.. > > userInit <- oneShot realInit > > ..the top level MVar created is not global. It doesn't even scope over > an entire module, it's buried in a closure. > ... > Even when you do have top level IORefs (or > more complex mutable data structures) scoping over an entire module,
I don't get it: How can they be top-level without scoping over an entire module? I mean, the proposal was to have x <- action at the top-level, right? Then how can it not be visible in the whole module? What scope *does* it have, in your opinion? Ben _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
