27 Nov
2006
27 Nov
'06
1:52 p.m.
Ross Paterson
Perhaps it would make sense to move all the NFData material to a new module called, say, Control.NormalForm,
Agreed. [ Bikeshed time: Control.Evaluation.Strategies anyone? ]
The suggestion is a module containing just class NFData, instances for Prelude types, and perhaps
deepSeq :: NFData a => a -> b -> b deepSeq x y = rnf x `seq` y
Shouldn't it have something like NF in the name?
Well, "NormalForm" perhaps, cryptic abbreviations like NF, no. But that aside, I hadn't realised you were proposing to move so little. Would it not be useful to have a lot more of the evaluation strategy stuff widely available, even to sequential programs? Regards, Malcolm