[Haskell-cafe] Creating an alias for a function

[Gregory Crosswhite]

Michael,

You can define a function without listing some or all of its arguments  
by specifying it in terms of another function.  So all you really need  
to write is, e.g.,

car = head
cdr = tail
cadr = car . cdr
caddr = car . cadr
cadar = car . cdr . car

etc...

On Oct 6, 2009, at 7:01 PM, michael rice wrote:

> How do I create an alias for a function, like giving CAR the same  
> functionality as HEAD. I know I can do it by creating a definition  
> (see below), but is there a better way, like Scheme's
>
> (define head car)
>
> car ::  [a] -> a
> car x = head x
>
> The reason for doing this is to more closely mirror legacy code.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
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