Re: [Haskell-cafe] modelling C in Haskell ..

2008-06-01 Thread Galchin, Vasili
my knowledge of point-free is from category theory. in what sense is Haskell point-free handle namespace pollution? Kind regards, Vasili On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:23 AM, Jonathan Cast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30 May 2008, at 12:29 AM, Galchin, Vasili wrote: compactness in writing and

[Haskell-cafe] modelling C in Haskell ..

2008-05-30 Thread Galchin, Vasili
Hello, I don't want to write kludgy Haskell code! typedef struct blah { int val1; union { int val2; struct { int val3; int val4; } } }C_type; question: in Haskell, can I embed definition of

Re: [Haskell-cafe] modelling C in Haskell ..

2008-05-30 Thread Thomas Davie
Yes, you must write them seperately as something like data A = A Int B data B = B1 Int | B2 Int Int one of the many wonders of Haskell -- it encourages you to split up your code into nice small chunks. Bob On 30 May 2008, at 08:46, Galchin, Vasili wrote: Hello, I don't want

Re: [Haskell-cafe] modelling C in Haskell ..

2008-05-30 Thread Jonathan Cast
On 29 May 2008, at 11:46 PM, Galchin, Vasili wrote: Hello, I don't want to write kludgy Haskell code! typedef struct blah { int val1; union { int val2; struct { int val3; int val4; } } }

Re: [Haskell-cafe] modelling C in Haskell ..

2008-05-30 Thread Galchin, Vasili
compactness in writing and also namespace pollution .. ;^) Vasili On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:12 AM, Jonathan Cast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 29 May 2008, at 11:46 PM, Galchin, Vasili wrote: Hello, I don't want to write kludgy Haskell code! typedef struct blah { int val1;

Re: [Haskell-cafe] modelling C in Haskell ..

2008-05-30 Thread Jonathan Cast
On 30 May 2008, at 12:29 AM, Galchin, Vasili wrote: compactness in writing and also namespace pollution .. ;^) I know what the advantages of C's notation are. But getting the best notation out of Haskell generally doesn't happen by trying to make your code look like C. So the general