On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Ömer Sinan Ağacan <omeraga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> With -XStrict 'x', 'xs', 'y' and 'ys' don't become strict. I'm wondering > about > the motivation behind this, I found this interesting. I always thought > -XStrict > gives me this guarantee: If I'm using an already-defined variable(bound by > a > let or pattern matching) in an expression, I can be sure that the variable > won't be bottom in that expression, because it would be `seq`d before the > expression is evaluated. > Aren't those already guaranteed to be strict because of pattern matching? Try it again with irrefutable patterns. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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