[Haskell-cafe] Basic question....

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Aug 17, 2007, at 9:11 , rodrigo.bonifacio wrote:

>> envKey :: EnvItem (Key, a) -> String
>> envKey EnvItem (key, value) = key
>
>> envValue :: EnvValue(Key, a) -> a
>> envValue EnvItem (key, value) = value
>
> But this is resulting in the error: [Constructor "EnvItem" must  
> have exactly 1 argument in pattern]

You need to parenthesize the constructor.

envValue (EnvItem (_,value)) = value

(The _ indicates that you're not using that item, rather than giving  
it a name that won't be used.)

Why do you need to do this?  Because you can pass functions around,  
and a constructor is a function.  But your type says you don't want a  
bare function there, so the compiler complains.

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