(Pattern) Guards in lambdas

John Meacham john at repetae.net
Thu Oct 19 09:25:47 EDT 2006


On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 12:55:48PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
> As for extending lambda to allow multiple guards and/or multiple pattern
> matches, I don't think we need that either.  Lambda is a quiet syntax
> and will be lost at the beginning of a sequence of pattern
> matches/guards; it's best used for simple lambda expressions,
> complicated pattern matches should be done using function equations.

I think I would like to allow a (single) guard on a lambda. for
assertion checking, I am a sucker for assertion checking and the more
lightweight the better when it comes to that sort of thing.

        John

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