The patch is a red herring. Braces have been explicitly rejected in the past. He needs to convince people that they're a good thing, and a patch isn't going to

The patch is a red herring. Braces have been explicitly rejected in the past. He needs to convince people that they're a good thing, and a patch isn't going to help. (At least not much compared to the time investment.) > I think Haskell's way of having curlies and semicolons in the core syntax and adding layout as a sugar coating hits a particular sweet spot. I agree with this.