> Yes, I see. Would it be possible to have a standard strict list,
> i.e. something equivalent of
>
> data SList a = SNil | SCons !a SList
>
> (which could be a member of the same class as the normal lists, and
> have the usual functions (length, ++, isPrefixOf...) overloaded)?
Yes, it would be possible, but we can't do it without making sweeping changes to
standard libraries and deviating from Haskell 98 quite a bit. It's something to bear
in mind should the topic of Haskell 2 come up, though.
Cheers,
Simon
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