[Haskell-cafe] Re: If wishes were horses... (was: Re: definition of sum)

David Virebayre writes:

Even if we had a syntax to express that the function is strict, wouldn't we still need two distinct function names for the strict and lazy case ?

OK, I'd like to register a "code smell" for: "hierarchical/systematic structure inside identifier names"; suggested refactoring: use hierarchy/structure provided by the language, in this case, something like: Data.List.Strict.fold, Data.List.Lazy.fold Or - if we had static overloading, and strictness info in the type, then we wouldn't need different names. Can of worms ...