
29 Apr
2010
29 Apr
'10
11:45 a.m.
I'm confused by the syntax this function definition I found in a tutorial: bind :: (a → StdGen → (b,StdGen)) → (StdGen → (a,StdGen)) → (StdGen → (b,StdGen)) bind f x seed = let (x',seed') = x seed in f x' seed' The part that confuses me is "let (x',seed') = x seed". The left side is a tuple, and the right side is two separate values, so how does the binding work? I gather from the context of the example (a tutorial on monads) that the value of x is bound to x', and the value of seed is bound to seed', so that "bind f" is a function that acts on a tuple and produces a new tuple. Is that correct? Thank you in advance to anyone who can de-confuse me.