[Haskell-cafe] a simple function

11 Jul 2005


      Anyone please tell me what is wrong with the function:

isEmpty ::[a]->Bool
isEmpty xs | xs == []   = True
                  |otherwise   =False
When I tried to load it into the interpreter,it says the following:

    Could not deduce (Eq a) from the context ()
      arising from use of `==' at mylab2.hs:16
    Probable fix:
        Add (Eq a) to the type signature(s) for `isEmpty'
    In a pattern guard for
       the definition of `isEmpty':
        xs == []
    In the definition of `isEmpty': isEmpty xs | xs == [] = True

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[Haskell-cafe] a simple function

wenduan