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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks, <br>
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      If I re-implement it like this : <br>
      <br>
      plusplus :: [a] -> [a] -> [a]<br>
      plusplus [] (xs) = xs <br>
      plusplus (x:xs) yx = x : xs plusplus yx<br>
       <br>
      main = print $ ["a","b"] plusplus ["c","d"]<br>
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      <br>
      I see this error appear : <br>
      <br>
      <div class="ide-error-span">src/Main.hs@3:26-3:40 </div>
      <div class="ide-error-msg"><span>Couldn't match expected type
          ‘([a0] -> [a0] -> [a0]) -> [a] -> [a]’ with actual
          type </span>
        <div class="CodeMirror cm-s-default" style="font-size: 14px;">[<span
            class="cm-variable">a</span>]</div>
        <span>
          Relevant bindings include yx :: [a] (bound at
          /home/app/isolation-runner-work/projects/112825/session.207/src/src/Main.hs:3:17)

          xs :: [a] (bound at
          /home/app/isolation-runner-work/projects/112825/session.207/src/src/Main.hs:3:13)

          x :: a (bound at
          /home/app/isolation-runner-work/projects/112825/session.207/src/src/Main.hs:3:11)

          plusplus :: [a] -> [a] -> [a] (bound at
          /home/app/isolation-runner-work/projects/112825/session.207/src/src/Main.hs:2:1)
The
          function </span>
        <div class="CodeMirror cm-s-default" style="font-size: 14px;"><span
            class="cm-variable">xs</span></div>
        <span> is applied to two arguments,
          but its type </span>
        <div class="CodeMirror cm-s-default" style="font-size: 14px;">[<span
            class="cm-variable">a</span>]</div>
        <span> has none</span><span title="Click to show/hide extra
          information" class="ide-error-collapse-btn"> …<br>
          <br>
          So for me not a aha moment.  I was hoping I would get it <br>
          <br>
          Roelof</span><br>
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      Daniel P. Wright schreef op 13-5-2015 om 8:27:<br>
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cite="mid:CAP=piQcz0h=NoOnTEf_CQeUsurytojCSj7LE7R4Hd=CbVh94vw@mail.gmail.com"
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      <div dir="ltr">Hi Roelof,
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>If you don't consider it cheating (and I suggest you
          shouldn't, having had a stab at the answers), you will find
          great enlightenment looking at how these functions are
          *actually* implemented in the wild.  Did you know that there
          is a "source" link for each function on Hackage?  By clicking
          on that, for your first example, you can compare the actual
          implementation of (++) with your "plusplus" function:</div>
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        <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.8.0.0/docs/src/GHC-Base.html#%2B%2B">http://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.8.0.0/docs/src/GHC-Base.html#%2B%2B</a><br>
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        <div><br>
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        <div>(By the way, it's that function in particular that gave me
          one of my first "Aha!" moments in Haskell... it's quite
          beautiful in its simplicity).</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>One thing with viewing the source on Hackage is that
          sometimes it can be a little more confusing than it needs to
          be for the sake of efficiency.  A really good source for good,
          readable examples of Prelude functions in Haskell is the
          Haskell Report:</div>
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        <div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/standard-prelude.html">https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/standard-prelude.html</a></div>
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        <div>(In this case, though, the implementation is the same).</div>
        <div><br>
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        <div>Having a shot at defining these library functions yourself,
          as you have done, and then comparing your version with the
          "official" version in the prelude is a great way to learn good
          style!</div>
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        <div>-Dani. </div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">2015-05-13 15:10 GMT+09:00 Roelof
          Wobben <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:r.wobben@home.nl" target="_blank">r.wobben@home.nl</a>></span>:<br>
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
            <br>
            For practising pattern matching and recursion I did recreate
            some commands of Data,list.<br>
            <br>
            My re-implementation of ++ :<br>
            <br>
            plusplus :: [a] -> [a] -> [a]<br>
            plusplus [] [] = [] ;<br>
            plusplus [] (xs) = xs<br>
            plusplus (xs) [] = xs<br>
            plusplus (xs) yx = plusplus' (reverse xs) yx<br>
            <br>
            plusplus' :: [a] -> [a] -> [a]<br>
            plusplus' [] (xs) = xs<br>
            plusplus' (x:xs) yx = plusplus' xs (x:yx)<br>
            <br>
            main = print $ plusplus ["a","b"] ["c","d"]<br>
            <br>
            my re-implementation of init :<br>
            <br>
            import Data.Maybe<br>
            <br>
            -- | The main entry point.<br>
            init' :: [a] -> Maybe [a]<br>
            init' [] = Nothing<br>
            init' [x] = Just []<br>
            init' (x:xs) = Just (x:fromMaybe xs (init' xs))<br>
            <br>
            main = print . init' $ [1,3]<br>
            <br>
            <br>
            my re-implementation of last :<br>
            <br>
            -- | The main entry point.<br>
            last' :: [a] -> Maybe a<br>
            last' [] = Nothing<br>
            last' [x] = Just x<br>
            last' (_:xs) = last' xs<br>
            <br>
            main = print . last' $ []<br>
            <br>
            Now I wonder if these solutions are the haskell way ? if not
            so, how can I improve them ,<br>
            <br>
            Roelof<br>
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