[Gtk2hs-users] Re: Gtk2hs-users digest, Vol 1 #379 - 3 msgs

[Massimo Z. <mas...@vi...>]

I'm a poor english writer, sorry.

Proposal #1 and #2 are a very big improvement respect the previous API. So the 
choice between the two proposals is a "minour issue", because both solve the 
main problem.

> However proposal #2 has its share of issues too. It makes the types in
> various functions more complex because we have to distinguish between
> functions which work on untyped and typed views (eg some work on both,
> others only on typed views). 

Could you give an example of a function that has both a typed view and untyped 
view type declaration? What is the type declaration under proposal #1 and #2? 
How many functions of this type are there?

If there aren't many functions of this type I prefer proposal #2. 
Instead if the API explode under the weight of static-type constraints I 
prefer the more dynamic-typed (and lighter) API of the proposal #1.

Massimo.