On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com">simonpj@microsoft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">If String is not a kind level synonym for [Char], maybe it should have a different name. For example, “foo” :: Label? Or Atom? </span></p>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Or Symbol?</div><div><br></div><div>The name is inspired by Ruby's :symbol notation. We could even use the same notation (seems unambiguous on the type level, no?). Even if we don't use the notation we could use the name.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sebastian</div></div>