Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Adding an ignore function to Control.Monad

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Jeff Wheeler wrote:

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Don Stewart wrote:

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## Control.Monad.void m a -> m () Don Stewart Iavor Diatchki

For whatever it's worth, I prefer void as well, for the exact reason Don said. Indeed, 'ignore' indicates to me that the argument won't even be evaluated: it'll be ignored, and skipped. But it is, and only part --- the result --- is ignored.

I also think void is clearer than ignore. -- Johan