In defence of the two-namespace rule

Cezar Ionescu ionescu at pik-potsdam.de
Tue Jan 25 02:57:53 EST 2000


[Tim Peters]
> for all x.  Haskell has several shorthand notations for currying of various
> sorts.  For example,
> 
>     (- 1)
> 
> is the function that subtracts one from its argument, while
> 
>     (1 -)
>

Actually, (-1) is an exception since it refers to the negative integer
-1 (i.e. 0 - 1)

Of course, since the timbot is never wrong, this must have been a test!
Do I pass, huh, huh?

Best,
Cezar.



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