On Jan 3, 2010, at 1:03 AM, Cale Gibbard wrote:
nubBy' (y:ys) xs
| elem_by eq y xs = nubBy' ys xs
I wonder why the author of this code did not use "any (eq y)" instead
of "elem_by eq y" as "elem_by" is not exported anyway. Does "elem_by"
compile to more efficient code?
The version with "any" could be "fixed" (made equivalent to the report
version) easily by using "any (`eq` y)".
The comment on "elem_by" gives me the impression that the semantics of
"nubBy" was changed by accident in the new version and I agree that it
should be fixed.
Or maybe the semantics was changed on purpose in order to annoy people
that ignore the precondition that Cale proposes to relax (;
+1 for the relaxation.
Cheers,
Sebastian
--
Underestimating the novelty of the future is a time-honored tradition.
(D.G.)
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