Re: 2533: Generic functions that take integral arguments should work the same way as their prelude counterparts

Hi

The Prelude functions drop, take, and splitAt are unfailing (never call error). This patch changes the Data.List generic versions to behave the same way. At present, they call error on negative arguments.

I had always just assumed that take and genericTake did the same thing, so had never even realised this problem existed. I'd call this a bug, that needs fixing. (+1) Neil