Re: [Haskell-beginners] mayBe stuck

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"Brent" == Brent Yorgey writes:

>> Since Haskell allows programming with partial functions, you >> always have this burden at present. Brent> Yes. But that doesn't mean there isn't value in the Brent> discipline of avoiding them. The burden of making sure you Brent> never use fromJust (or head, or ...) is much lighter than the Brent> burden of proving that every such use is safe. The burden is knowing whether or not a function is partial. It's that or ... that is the problem. This isn't flagged anywhere. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments