In ghci at least, you can enter definitions like that using let binding: let mysquare x = x * x
/g On 12/22/05, Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In neither GHCi nor Hugs (so far as I know) is it possible to > interactively enter definitions. coming from Scheme, this was a bit of > a surprise, as I'm used to being able to enter, say > > (define mysquare > (lambda (x) > (* x x))) > > Is this just a matter of the feature not being implemented, or is there > a deeper reason for this? > > === > Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Interaction is the mind-body problem of computing." > --Philip L. Wadler > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > -- We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
