[Haskell-beginners] Re: [Haskell-cafe] definition of data

On 2009 Jan 1, at 2:32, Max.cs wrote:

data Tree a = a | Branch (Tree a) (Tree a) deriving Show

but it seems not accpetable in haskell ?

You need a constructor in both legs of the type:

data Tree a = Leaf a | Branch (Tree a) (Tree a) deriving Show

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