Re: [Haskell-cafe] Is id strict?

30 Jul 2006


      On 30/07/06, Ian Lynagh  wrote:
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If the value of (id x) is demanded then the value of x will always be
demanded. Therefore id is strict in its first argument.
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In place of your 2), I would say
    (f x0 .. xn) is strict in xi if demanding the value of (f x0 .. xn)
requires demanding the value of xi.
Ah. Very helpful. Thanks.

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