[Haskell-cafe] How to read this syntax?

[Robert Dockins]

On Dec 29, 2005, at 11:26 AM, David F. Place wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to read _Arrows, Robots, and Functional Reactive  
> Programming_ by Hudak, et al.
>
> http://www.haskell.org/yampa/AFPLectureNotes.pdf
>
> In section 2.1 there are a number of equations of the form:
>
> g’ :: SF A C
> g’ = arr g
>     = arr f1 >>> arr f2
>
> and
>
> i’ :: SF (A,C) (B,D)
> i’ = arr i
>    = arr (f1 . fst) &&& arr (f2 . snd)
>    = (arr fst >>> arr f1) &&& (arr snd >>> arr f2)
>
> I can't find any reference to the syntax where the function left  
> hand side is just  "space."  I'd greatly appreciate any insight.
>

I'm pretty sure the extra lines are assertions of equality.  That is,  
they are other ways of defining the same function.  That isn't legal  
Haskell syntax as written.

Rob Dockins

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