Difference between revisions of "Singleton list confusion"
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People sometimes write argument patterns like <hask>[x]</hask>, hoping that <hask>x</hask> will assume all values of a list successively. |
People sometimes write argument patterns like <hask>[x]</hask>, hoping that <hask>x</hask> will assume all values of a list successively. |
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Maybe it is some kind of [[list comprehension]]. |
Maybe it is some kind of [[list comprehension]]. |
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See for example |
See for example |
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| + | [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2008-April/041496.html testing for same characters in lists of strings], |
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Revision as of 15:46, 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