> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, D. Tweed wrote: > > > > main = do content <- getContents > > > let rpt letter = report content letter > > > loop rpt alphabet > > > I'm a bit confused how this can have worked... in Haskell `let' is used in > > the context of a `let ..<1>.. in ..<2>..' where the code ellided in <1> > > binds some names to values which are then used in the expression <2> (as > > in `let x=sqrt 2 in exp x') and so the contents of main isn't (unless I'm > > missing something) syntactically Haskell. > > Beats me, but it was the only (or at least the first) way I > could find to create a function inside a do block...
You don't need to create a function, you could use partial parametrization instead: | main = | do content <- getContents | loop (report content) alphabet [snip] HTH, Jan de Wit _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
