Re: [Haskell-cafe] whine and solution about programmers not respecting documentations

On Jun 28, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Luke Palmer wrote:

I proposed the following solution:

http://lukepalmer.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/on-the-by-functions/

Seconded! I always want xxxOn and I almost never (perhaps never*) want xxxBy for xxx in sort, maximum, group and nub. - Mark (*) A quick scan of all the Haskell source I wrote on my machine reveals that I have never once used xxxBy without giving it a function of the form "(==) on foo" or "comparing foo"! Mark Lentczner http://www.ozonehouse.com/mark/ IRC: mtnviewmark