[Haskell-cafe] mtl design (was ``What do _you_ want to see in FGL?'')

[Bradford Larsen]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic
<ivan.miljenovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Whilst freezing it is an option, I feel that this will lead to the same
> problems that we already face with mtl: most people agree/know that the
> approach/design is bad, but we keep using it because there's no (one)
> viable alternative to be used (and thus mtl stays in the Platform, which
> means more people use it, and thus we have this vicious cycle).

Ivan,

Could you elaborate on what you mean regarding the mtl approach &
design?  What makes them bad?

Sincerely,
Brad