[Haskell-cafe] Signatures in defining functions

[Peter Verswyvelen]

Maybe you mean that

f :: Int -> Int -> Int

does not say much about what the function does since the Int arguments have
no "name" in Haskell?

E.g. the following might "mean" more, but is not valid Haskell:

f :: numerator:Int -> denominator:Int -> quotient:Int

In Haskell you regularly see documentation that says: "the 4th argument of
dpSwitch is ..., the 7th argument of dpSwitch is ..."

That's okay, since it trains you at counting :-) Of course, I'm being
sarcastic.

But most of the time, this is not an issue, since functions usually only
have a few arguments, or have argument types that tell more.

2009/2/5 TKM <temp.public at gmail.com>

>  Hello,
>
> I'm kind of new with Haskell and I would like to know about the following:
>
> [some function]:: Int -> Int -> Int
>
> Now is my question, how should I interpret "Int -> Int -> Int"? Meaning
> what does "Int -> Int -> Int" mean?
>
> Thank you for answering my question.
>
> Kind Regards, JTKM
>
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