Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Wikipedia on first-class object

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:14:39 +0200, Achim Schneider wrote:

"Cristian Baboi" wrote:

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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:59:28 +0200, Achim Schneider wrote:

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I could have written this instead:

a :: Something a = a

Which is nicer than undefined.

ksf@solaris ~ % ghci GHCi, version 6.8.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package base ... linking ... done. Prelude> let a = undefined Prelude> a *** Exception: Prelude.undefined Prelude> let a = a Prelude> a Interrupted.

nope, it isn't.

If you try it again Prelude> a *** Exception: Stack overflow ________ Information from NOD32 ________ This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System for Linux Mail Servers. part000.txt - is OK http://www.eset.com