[Haskell-beginners] Data.Foldable's foldr'

[Federico Mastellone]

Hi,

Looking at the source of Data.Foldable I found something I don't understand

The Foldable class declares foldl like this:

foldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> t b -> a

Them, outside of the class, foldr' is defined like this:

-- | Fold over the elements of a structure,-- associating to the
right, but strictly.foldr' :: Foldable t => (a -> b -> b) -> b -> t a
-> bfoldr' f z0 xs = foldl f' id xs z0  where f' k x z = k $! f x z

I don't understand this definition, foldl receives 3 parameters and
here it is used with 4, how is it possible?

Even the function passed to foldl has 3 parameters when a function of
2 is needed.

What is the precedence and associativity involved here that makes
foldr' a valid expression?

Thanks!


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Federico Mastellone
Computer Science Engineer - ITBA
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method is far more difficult."

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