Re: Programming style (or: too clever by half?)

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:54:32PM +0000, Graham Klyne wrote:

I just spotted a possible idiom for something that seems to pop up from time to time:

foldr const

But I can't help feeling that this code is perversely obscure.

Clever. I usually end up with something like listToMaybe list `orMaybe` default orMaybe (Just x) _ = x orMaybe Nothing y = y Andrew