Module for function helper functions (Was: darcs patch: Add
equating p x y = p x == p y)
Henning Thielemann
lemming at henning-thielemann.de
Fri Oct 20 08:41:02 EDT 2006
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Malcolm Wallace wrote:
> The question is where in the module hierarchy should such a function
> live? It does not really belong with Data.List, or indeed any
> particular data structure module.
>
> I would like to propose a new module for functions like this, which are
> in some sense "purely" functional, that is, they do not involve any data
> structure at all, just functions. Other examples would be
>
> const
> id
> flip
> (.)
> ($)
> ($!)
>
> Any suggestions for a good name for such a module? Data.Function does
> not sound right to my ears.
I also like a special module for that. Why not Data.Function?
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