darcs patch: Add equating p x y = p x == p y
kahl at cas.mcmaster.ca
kahl at cas.mcmaster.ca
Fri Oct 20 09:10:33 EDT 2006
>
> 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.
It does sound right to my ears,
and I thought of it before I read to the last paragraph.
In my lectures, I use the example of shows versus show
to demonstrate that functions can be a more efficient datatype
than more conventional datatypes like lists...
Wolfram
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