"Alfonso Acosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jan 9, 2008 1:07 AM, Achim Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Beg pardon? Are you referring to the type of y being described
> > > with 'b' instead of 'a'?
> > >
> > Yes.
>
> "(a -> a) -> a" and "(b -> b) -> b" are equivalent.
>
> For some reason
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yes, exactly that wire which isn't obscured by the boiler plate has
kindled my interest.
> ghc uses b instead of a if you are picky about it,
> just provide a type signature explicitly.
>
> Prelude> let {y :: (a -> a) -> a ; y f = f $ y f}
> Prelude> :t y
> y :: (a -> a) -> a
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