On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 23:55 +0200, Tymur Porkuian wrote: > > Huh? You can't actually over-ride function application --- Haskell's > > built-in application always does exactly the same thing, at every type.
> It's a metaphor. Oh, right. That one word that means `inaccurate way of putting things'! Invoking it solves everything! I maintain that my claims were entirely accurate. I maintain your claims are in-accurate and confusing. > In every case container has its own method of > applying functions to its contents - e.g. instead of "f x" we write "x > fmap f". (NB. Typically only one of these will type-check; you know that, right?) jcc _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe