[Haskell-cafe] about Haskell code written to be "too smart"

[Manlio Perillo]

Jake McArthur ha scritto:
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> Manlio Perillo wrote:
> | This is right.
> | The problem is that often (IMHO) a function definition can be rewritten
> | so that it is much more readable.
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> | As an example, with the takeList function I posted.
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> I looked at it, found nothing wrong with the original, and absolutely
> hated your "fixed" version. 

With the original version, you have to "follow" 3 separate operations:

Prelude> let xs = [1, 2, 3, 4] :: [Int]
Prelude> let ns = [3, 1] :: [Int]
Prelude> let _1 = scanl (flip drop) xs ns
Prelude> let _2 = init _1
Prelude> let _3 = zipWith take ns _2


With my function, instead, you only have to "follow" 1 operation:

Prelude> (head, tail) = splitAt n xs

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Manlio