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Re:Popularizing Haskell through easy web deployment by PeterisP on Saturday December 07, 2013 @01:27PM (#6867118)
The syntax for "record types" - elements of named tuples - is really awkward and pollute namespace.

I.e., if I want a module in my app to have two different types containing an element 'customerID' that I'd like to refer by name in that context, then it's a bit painful - and it is a really common need if I need to quickly make a mostly-CRUD webapp, for which otherwise Haskell/Yesod would be as practical as Ruby/Rails.

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Re:Popularizing Haskell through easy web deployment by Fixnum on Saturday December 07, 2013 @01:38PM (#6867145)
It's being fixed.

http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1rpte3/explanation_...

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Re:Popularizing Haskell through easy web deployment by carterschonwald on Saturday December 07, 2013 @01:36PM (#6867139)
There are a few different solutions to the record name space problem that are due to land in the next year. And already some decent lens based solutions too.
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