[Haskell-beginners] Data.Char: isAlpha vs. isLetter

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Tue Sep 11 07:52:05 CEST 2012


> Probably an alias for backward compatibility; isAlpha is C-style <ctype.h>
> stuff, which was ASCII only, whereas isLetter is Unicode style.

Both Haskell functions support non-ASCII chars.
Does it refute your assumption?

Thanks



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