the following gives a 'non-exhaustive pattern matching' error when it shouldn't. the ~-pattern always matches. It is not the function that is non-exhausitive, but the irrefutable binding, which are necessarily always non-exhausive so warning about it is the wrong thing to do. f :: [a] -> a f [x] = x f ~(_:xs) = f xs John -- John Meacham - ⑆repetae.net⑆john⑈