Re: [Haskell-cafe] Comparing functions

[Vlatko Basic]

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] Comparing functions From: Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com> To: Vlatko Bašić <vlatko.ba...@gmail.com> Cc: Haskell-Cafe <haskell-cafe@haskell.org> Date: 11.07.2013 21:03 On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Vlatko Basic <vlatko.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: Hm, I thought it is a pattern match with constant, as in f ('a':xs) == I wonder what you'd make of this definition, then?     (*) `on` f = \x y -> f x * f y   According to the enlightenment above, I'd say (*) is a variable that holds some function/operator that is applied on (f x) and (f y),  not the multiplication, right? Correct. But if it's a variable there, why would you expect it to be a constant in a different pattern? Well, it is confusing that an operator can be a variable. I must get a habit to understand the meaning by the site, not by the looks. Thanks for your answers. -- 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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