Difference between revisions of "Singleton list confusion"

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[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2008-April/041496.html testing for same characters in lists of strings],
[http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2008-April/041556.html Pattern match failure]
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Revision as of 15:47, 10 April 2008

Why do Haskell newcomers frequently believe, that list variables must be enclosed in brackets? People sometimes write argument patterns like [x], hoping that x will assume all values of a list successively. Maybe it is some kind of list comprehension.

See for example Haskell-Cafe about testing for same characters in lists of strings, Pattern match failure