[Haskell] How does "do" know when to stop?

[Sebastian Sylvan]

On 2/15/07, Rob Hoelz <hoelz at wisc.edu> wrote:
> When I define a function and I use do to string functions together, how
> does it know when my list of functions has come to an end?  For example:
>
> foo = do
>     bar
>     baz
>     other_func
> bar = ...
>
> How does it know to stop at other_func?

The "offside rule". Bar starts on the same column as foo so it's a new
definition rather than belonging to foo.

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