P Float is the constructor to create a value of this type, similar to data declarations. That is, 0.5 :: Float, P 0.5 :: Probability The {} notation after D creates a record accessor, also similar to data declarations. It's equivalent to making an unD that unwraps the value yourself: newtype Dist a = D { unD :: [(a, Probability)] } is the same as newtype Dist a = D [(a, Probability)] unD :: Dist a -> [(a, Probability)] unD (D x) = x a in Dist a is a type variable, for example you could have Dist Float (containing [(Float, Probability)]), or Dist String (containing [(String, Probability)]) -Ross On Jun 3, 2009, at 4:01 PM, ptrash wrote:
Hi,
what does this to code rows mean:
newtype Probability = P Float newtype Dist a = D {unD :: [(a, Probability)]}
newtype definies a new type called Probability. But what does P Float mean?
And what is the a in Dist a? What does D {...} mean?
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