# Why not BlockArguments?

**URL:** https://discourse.haskell.org/t/why-not-blockarguments/11885
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**Created:** [April 19, 2025, 6:42am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/why-not-blockarguments/11885 "2025-04-19T06:42:37Z")
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### Author: ![Leary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.haskell.org/leary/32/4348_2.png) [@Leary](https://discourse.haskell.org/u/Leary)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.haskell.org/t/why-not-blockarguments/11885/10 "2025-04-20T00:59:55Z")

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`BlockArguments` is not so much a language extension as a bugfix for the spec—it’s almost always the first “extension” I enable.

I would have argued strongly for its inclusion in `GHC2021` or `GHC2024`, but frankly I never noticed any of these discussions were taking place.

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