On Dec 7, 2008, at 1:17 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote:
> 2) Is it really a good idea to recommend writing stuff like 'foo a _b
> = a'? A little experimentation convinces me that it has the same
> effect as writing _, but the first several times I saw it in Yi, it
> confused the heck out of me - I was convinced I had made a typo or two
> parameters had gotten run together or something. I'm not sure, but I
> don't think I've seen that idiom anywhere else before.
I've seen this idiom elsewhere, and quite like it. I can see the
problem with it, but I think it is generally suggested by the GHC
folks and very handy.
> 3) {- -} is a net savings of characters after just 3 lines. 10 seems
> too many to me, but I guess that's your prerogative.
I'm indifferent here.
Jeff Wheeler
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