[Haskell-cafe] Newbie questions

[Keith Wansbrough]

> -- gaSolutionSpace :: [a] -> [a]
> -- gaSolutionSpace [] = gaSolutionSpace createRandomPopulation -- recursive 
> base case
> gaSolutionSpace x = x : gaSolutionSpace (evolvepopulation x)

This isn't quite right - you don't want the *last* element to be the initial population, but the first.

I think you mean:

gaSolutionSpaceFrom :: a -> [a]
gaSolutionSpaceFrom x = x : gaSolutionSpaceFrom (evolvepopulation x)

gaSolutionSpace = gaSolutionSpaceFrom createRandomPopulation


Note that "a" above should be replaced with your population type.

Also note the "iterate" function in the standard library does just this.

--KW 8-)
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Keith Wansbrough <kw217 at cl.cam.ac.uk>
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