#11314: Documentation on const function is wrong -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: milleniumbug | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: | Version: 7.10.3 libraries/base | Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- It currently only says Constant function which is not only not informative (how am I supposed to use this function, some API examples would be nice), but actually wrong (`const` is not a constant function, `const x` is) I suggest the following wording instead: Returns a unary constant function (a function that returns the same value for all inputs) from the argument @a@. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11314 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler