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Having prefixed commas is a rather common style in the Haskell community, because it ends up nicely matching open/closing brackets/braces and lining things up.
by merijnv 8y ago
Having prefixed commas is a rather common style in the Haskell community, because it ends up nicely matching open/closing brackets/braces and lining things up.
Since the author of Dhall comes from the Haskell community, he's kept this style.
- Gabriel439 8y agoAuthor here: This is correct. I'm just borrowing a Haskell convention. Also, I like this convention because it leads to vertical alignment of commas.