[Haskell-cafe] Is id strict?

[David House]

On 30/07/06, Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li> wrote:
> If the value of (id x) is demanded then the value of x will always be
> demanded. Therefore id is strict in its first argument.
...
> In place of your 2), I would say
>     (f x0 .. xn) is strict in xi if demanding the value of (f x0 .. xn)
> requires demanding the value of xi.

Ah. Very helpful. Thanks.

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