4 Sep
2008
4 Sep
'08
3:19 p.m.
On 9/3/08, wren ng thornton
If you want the datatype to be strict in state and rec, then you should add strictness annotations to those fields directly:
data Query state rec = Query !state !rec
The novice programmer scatters strictness annotations to and fro like dust in the wind. The average programmer understands that annotating a field's strictness injudiciously is like discarding the finger pointing at the moon when you might still need it to scratch yourself. The master programmer does not add strictness annotations, for she has not yet run the profiler. Cheers, TIm -- Tim Chevalier * http://cs.pdx.edu/~tjc * Often in error, never in doubt "Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive." --Ursula K. Le Guin