Proposal: adding 'tailDropWhile' to Data.List
Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )
kazu at iij.ad.jp
Fri Sep 30 04:35:37 CEST 2011
Hello,
> Hmm. I wrote this attempting to satisfy the goals of "lazy and
> efficient", but on second thoughts it seems like Aoe's original
> function was both. You seem to be under the impression that it's more
> strict, but I think it's just as lazy as the others. Can you provide
> evidence of its strictness?
In my definition, if
tailDropWhile isSpace $ " foo bar " ++ undefined
returns " foo bar" and then an error, it's lazy.
If it causes an error without " foo bar", it's strict.
This is my fault. Aoe's one is also lazy.
--Kazu
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