On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:41 AM, John Meacham <j...@repetae.net> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:07 AM, AntC <anthony_clay...@clear.net.nz> wrote: >> So the advantage of dot from that point of view is: >> * dot already appears tightly-bound in qualified names >> * dot is already a reserved operator, >> so we won't have to search for some other candidate > > (.) is not a reserved op, it is defined and redefinable > like every other operator and has no special fixity > rules. > > main = do > let x . y = x + y > print (3 . 8) > > prints 11 like you would expect. > > > Oddly enough, I have occasionally wanted (.) to bind tighter than function > application but still be composition. map toUpper.chr xs has a nice feel to > me :)
To that I say: let f = drop 1 . filter odd . take 30 in f xs -- :) -- Ben _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
