[Haskell-beginners] calling inpure functions from pure code

[Alexander Batischev]

Hi,

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 03:28:39PM +0200, Emmanuel Touzery wrote:
> It annoys me that the first function returns "incomplete" objects...
> It somehow feels wrong.

Maybe you would feel better about it if you put both functions under one
"umbrella" function like this:

> parseProgramme = getDetails . getProgramme
>   where
>   getProgramme = ...
>   getDetails = ...

That way, your "incomplete" objects would never be exposed to "end user"
(even though it's just you). It also gives you an abstraction that may
gain you in a future when, say, you would want to fetch pictures as
well — it would be just a matter of adding one more function under the
"umbrella".

Overall, splitting your algorithm into simple steps — steps that would
do just a part of work and return incomplete objects — is the way to go.

-- 
Regards,
Alexander Batischev

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