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| − | + | Haskell 2010 changes the syntax for [[guard]]s by replacing the use of a single condition with a list of qualifiers. These qualifiers, which include both conditions and ''pattern guards'' of the form ''pat <- exp'', serve to bind/match patterns against expressions. The syntax is comparable that of a [[list comprehension]], where instead the types of ''pat'' and ''exp'' match. This makes it easy, for instance, to pattern match against (possibly failing) table lookups while deciding which definition of a function to use. |
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| + | From the GHC user's guide, |
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| − | Stealing a function from the note, |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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| − | *[http://research.microsoft.com/ |
+ | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170109011924/http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/Haskell/guards.html Simon Peyton Jones' note] on pattern guards |
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+ | *[https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/pattern-guards-and-transformational-patterns/ Pattern Guards and Transformational Patterns]. |
| + | *{{GHCUsersGuide|exts/pattern_guards||a very short section on PatternGuards}} |
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| + | * [https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/prime/-/wikis/PatternGuards The Haskell Prime wiki page of Pattern Guards] |
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[[Category:Glossary]] |
[[Category:Glossary]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:22, 24 July 2021
Haskell 2010 changes the syntax for guards by replacing the use of a single condition with a list of qualifiers. These qualifiers, which include both conditions and pattern guards of the form pat <- exp, serve to bind/match patterns against expressions. The syntax is comparable that of a list comprehension, where instead the types of pat and exp match. This makes it easy, for instance, to pattern match against (possibly failing) table lookups while deciding which definition of a function to use.
From the GHC user's guide,
lookup :: FiniteMap -> Int -> Maybe Int
addLookup env var1 var2
| Just val1 <- lookup env var1
, Just val2 <- lookup env var2
= val1 + val2
{-...other equations...-}
will check to see if both lookups succeed, and bind the results to val1 and val2 before proceeding to use the equation.