18 Jul
2010
18 Jul
'10
4:27 p.m.
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Eitan Goldshtrom
Silly question, but I can't find the answer on the net. I think I'm just using the wrong words in my search. I'm looking for a way to create constant expressions in Haskell. The C/C++ equivalent of what I'm talking about is
#define NAME VALUE
NAME = VALUE the inliner should easily take care of it, if VALUE is a constant. Note that in the designation above, NAME will *be* a constant value due to the functional aspect of Haskell (it can't change later on). You need the discrimination in C because something like int NAME = VALUE; defines a global variable, which may change and hence cannot be inlined. -- J.