On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:38 AM, Henning Thielemann <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lemming@henning-thielemann.de" target="_blank">lemming@henning-thielemann.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Bas van Dijk wrote:<br></div><div class="im">
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force :: WHNFData a =&gt; a -&gt; a<br>
force x = x `seq` x<br>
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Does this function do something?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>No. It says &quot;when x is evaluated, evaluate x&quot;. </div></div>