On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:15:59AM +0000, Malcolm Wallace wrote:
> John Meacham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I generalized this primitive to
> >
> > drop__ :: a -> b -> b
>
> Also known in the Prelude as "const"...
well, 'flip const' but yes.
> The difference is that you propose it be primitive, with the intention
> that a clever compiler should not be able to bypass it by inlining its
> definition and propagating the loss of the first argument outwards.
sure, well whatever is required on a given compiler to ensure it has the
above qualities, which might mean making it a primitive or have it have
some compiler-specific pragmas attached.
John
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