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[Mark Carroll]

On 10 Oct 2001, Ketil Malde wrote:
(snip)
> function definitions.  Perhaps one could have had a syntax like
> 
>         z a =
>           | a == 1 -> 1
>           | a == 2 -> 3
> 
> instead, as it'd make it more consisten with the case, but I suppose
> there's a reason for it being the way it is.  The case statement is an
(snip)

Ah, yes - it was this 'discrepancy' that was one of the sources of my
confusion, as "a == 1" obviously doesn't 'equal' "1".

Thanks to you, Ashley and Dave, this is all starting to make some sort of
sense, though - thanks to everyone for their thoughts. (-:

-- Mark