[Haskell-beginners] Re: question about styles of recursion

[7stud]

7stud <bbxx789_05ss <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> > myAvg' :: Int -> [Int] -> [ Double ] -> Double
> > myAvg' sum count []     = sum / fromIntegral count
> > myAvg' sum count (x:xs) = myAvg' (x + sum) (n + 1) xs

> The length function was introduced 
> before the sum function, which I see you are using in your 
> function definition. 

Hmm...I guess you aren't using the sum function--that's one
of your variable names.  I wonder how Prelude knows sum
is a variable name and not the sum function?  I changed the
name sum to s, and I get this error:

Prelude Data.List> :load ehask.hs 
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( ehask.hs, interpreted )

ehask.hs:2:24:
    Couldn't match expected type `Double' against inferred type `Int'
    In the expression: s / fromIntegral count
    In the definition of `myAvg'':
        myAvg' s count [] = s / fromIntegral count
Failed, modules loaded: none.