[Haskell-cafe] type constructor confusion

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Jun 18, 2008, at 15:31 , Stephen Howard wrote:

> HttpMessage.hs:36:20: Not in scope: type constructor or class  
> `HttpRequest'
>
> The troublesome line is the definition of the cookie function at  
> the end of the code.  I've made

Right.  "HttpRequest" is a data constructor associated with the type  
constructor "HttpMessage".
(Data constructors are effectively functions; you used it in the  
context of a type, not a function name.)

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