Re: [Haskell-beginners] Data.Char: isAlpha vs. isLetter

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Stayvoid wrote:

What's the reason to have both isAlpha and isLetter?

Probably an alias for backward compatibility; isAlpha is C-style stuff, which was ASCII only, whereas isLetter is Unicode style. -- brandon s allbery allbery.b@gmail.com wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms