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1 Exercises for the enthusiast beginner

1.1 A simple exercise, read carefully

This is a definition for the
readln
function. If you do not know the bind operator
(>>=)
yet, do not worry about it.
p >> q
behaves in a way similar to
q(p)
, but it involves side effects. Anyway the error you are asked to find is not related with it. 
> readln = h
>    where h = getChar >>= f 
>            where f c = case c of
>                          '\n'      -> return []
>                          otherwise -> h >>= (return . (:) c)

try 

Main> readln >>= print

It works, as expected.

Now
hofun
is a higher order function obtained by the parameterization of
readln
, it generalizes its behaviour. The new function
readln'
calls
hofun
with the original parameters. It can be checked by replacing the parameters in the body of the function. 
> readln' = hofun getChar '\n' (:) []
 
> hofun r s op e = h 
>    where h = r >>= f 
>            where f c = case c of
>                          s -> return e
>                          otherwise -> h >>= (return . op c)

try 

Main> readln' >>= print
But
readln' >>= print
does not works printing the input line as
readln >>= print
does, there is an error, easy to find for the experienced eye. Can you discover it?
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