3 Dec
2009
3 Dec
'09
6:53 a.m.
wren ng thornton wrote:
Nicolas Pouillard wrote:
Excerpts from Heinrich Apfelmus's message of Tue Dec 01 11:29:24 +0100 2009:
For mnemonic value, we could call it a "train":
data Train a b = Wagon a (Train a b) | Loco b
I rather like it too. The mnemonic version sounds a lot nicer than "ListEnd", though I'd probably call the constructors Cabin and Caboose. I suspect the Train name runs into cultural differences. Cabin and Caboose are not names I know in relation to trains, and even Wagon and Loco don't immediately convey to me which one is which. I think a more obvious Cons/Terminator naming scheme is best.
Neil.