Partial functions
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A partial function is a function that is not defined for all possible arguments of the specified type. Examples in the Haskell standard library are:
head,tail: undefined for empty lists(!!): undefined if the index is at least as big as the list lengthdiv: undefined if the divisor is zero
The opposite is a total function.
There are methods to avoid the use of partial functions.