[Haskell-cafe] Data & newtype differences. Today: strictness

[Ketil Malde]

Yves Parès <yves.pares at gmail.com> writes:

> I had for long thought that data and newtype were equivalent, but then I
> spotted some differences when it comes to strictness.
>
> data Test = Test Int
> newtype TestN = TestN Int

Interesting.  I'd thought that 

  data Test = Test !Int

and

  newtype Test = Test Int

would be equivalent, but here you (well, I had to add the ! myself) show
a situation where they're not.

I guess 

  pm (Test _) = 12

is the same as

  pm = \x -> case x of Test _ -> 12

which perhaps makes it clearer why it breaks on undefined...

-k
-- 
If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants