HUGS error: Unresolved overloading

[Laszlo Nemeth]

Hi Mark,

>   isSorted xs = and (zipWith (<=) xs (tail xs))

> In other words: "When is a list xs sorted?  If each element in xs is
> less than or equal to its successor in the list (i.e., the corresponding
> element in tail xs)."

That's right ... under cbn! At the same time David's version with
explicit recursion is fine both in Hugs and in a strict language.

I recently started using Caml for day to day work and I get bitten
because of the 'lazy mindset' at least once a week. I am not in
disagreement with you over the style, but explicit recursion in this
case avoids the problem.

Cheers,
  Laszlo


PS. Why not go all the way

    and . uncurry (zipWith (<=)) . id >< tail . dup

with appropriate definitions for dup and >< (prod)?