Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: 'par' - why has it the type a -> b -> b ?

On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 20:34 +0200, Achim Schneider wrote:

Jonathan Cast wrote:

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On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 19:50 +0200, Achim Schneider wrote:

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"Sean Leather" wrote:

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(\x y -> y)

*shudder*

I just can't stand such things.

What is it that you can't stand? Would you prefer "flip const"?

It's the missing "x" on the right side. Makes my internal C compiler ache.

(\ _ y -> y)

Still begs for a rewrite at the call-site... oh wait, that won't work.

And I still think you should fix your internal C compiler. This sort of thing can be taken to excess (see Fudgets :), but in moderation it's a perfectly fine *Haskell* idiom. jcc