Re: [Haskell-cafe] A brief note on n_k patterns and Hackage

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Magnus Therning wrote:

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Richard O'Keefe wrote:

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I never really understood why it was thought to be relevant, but I was challenged to show that n+k patterns occurred in Hackage.

Why is it relevant?

Showing that they occur was not relevant. Showing the number of occurrences relative to the number of packages, function definitions, and other features was relevant (in my opinion): http://www.mail-archive.com/haskell-cafe@haskell.org/msg58320.html But, I phrased the challenge poorly and this is what we get :) I was just curious if it's a feature worth holding on it (eg., it gets a lot of good use). Sadly, just me commenting here about that goal will probably rekindle the thread we would all like to avoid... My sincerest apologizes if that happens. Jason