Well then, on a similar note, I propose the following name changes: (+) is now "yesIShouldReallyLikeToKnowTheSumOfTheseTwoThingsOverWhichTheOperationOfSummationIsDulyAndTotallyDefined " (-) is the same, but with "Summation" changed to "AdditiveInverseAndSummation" the `do` construct ought to be renamed "doThisMonadicComputationForMePleaseByDesugaringThisConvienentNotationAndTurningItIntoASequenceOfBindFunctionsAndLambdaAbstractionsSuchThatMyIntendedMeaningInFactIsReflected " Further, things like "unsafePerformIO" is not nearly descriptive enough, however, I leave it's appropriate renaming as an exercise to the reader... /Joe On Nov 22, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Daniel Fischer wrote:
Guideline:
NEVER, *never ever*, use 'length' ***unless you really want to know the exact length of a list***
Proposal: rename 'length' to 'yesIReallyWantToKnowTheExactLengthOfThisListSoPleaseCalculateItForMe' to reduce performance bugs caused by naive uses of length. _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners