[Haskell-beginners] list range

[Henry Lockyer]

Sorry, should have read your question a second time instead of posting a quick reply ;-)
I think it is syntactic sugar..

On 28 Dec 2011, at 19:05, Henry Lockyer wrote:

> I'm a beginner so beware, but I believe [1..10] is a VALUE (it is not a function from something to something else).
> It's type is essentially 'list of numeric' but because you used "..."  to express a range of values it also has to be of 
> type 'Enum' as well as numeric.
> If you have GHCI installed, then I recommend using the ":t" command to explore the types of Haskell expressions.
> / Henry
> 
> On 28 Dec 2011, at 18:51, Stanisław Findeisen wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Is list range (for example: [1..10]) a language construct or a function?
>> What type does it have?
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