Re: [Haskell] Re: View patterns in GHC: Request for feedback

2007-07-25 Thread Claus Reinke
The whole point of a view is that you make views that are semantically useful. data UsefulView = Unit | Arrow Type Type usefulView :: Type -> UsefulView size :: Type -> Integer size (usefulView -> Unit) = 1 size (usefulView -> Arrow t1 t2) = size t1 + size t2 yes, but my point (of view;) was

Re: [Haskell] Re: View patterns in GHC: Request for feedback

2007-07-24 Thread ajb
G'day all. "Claus Reinke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >type Typ > > > >unit :: Typ -> Maybe () > >arrow :: Type -> Maybe (Typ,Typ) > >size :: Typ -> Integer > >size (unit -> ()) = 1 > >size (arrow -> (t1,t2)) = size t1 + size t2 The

[Haskell] Re: View patterns in GHC: Request for feedback

2007-07-24 Thread Rene de Visser
"Claus Reinke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> though I'm extremely dubious about the utility of the "Maybe" patterns. > > actually, they are the main thing that interests me about view patterns!-) >type Typ > >unit :: Typ -> Maybe () >arrow :: Type