Re: [Haskell-cafe] about Haskell code written to be "too smart"

Jake McArthur ha scritto:

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Manlio Perillo wrote: | This is right. | The problem is that often (IMHO) a function definition can be rewritten | so that it is much more readable. | | As an example, with the takeList function I posted.

I looked at it, found nothing wrong with the original, and absolutely hated your "fixed" version.

With the original version, you have to "follow" 3 separate operations: Prelude> let xs = [1, 2, 3, 4] :: [Int] Prelude> let ns = [3, 1] :: [Int] Prelude> let _1 = scanl (flip drop) xs ns Prelude> let _2 = init _1 Prelude> let _3 = zipWith take ns _2 With my function, instead, you only have to "follow" 1 operation: Prelude> (head, tail) = splitAt n xs

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Manlio