<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">not quite the same issue, but you might
be interested by </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">http://people.cs.uu.nl/stefan/blog/00012.html
which notes: </font>
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<br><tt><font size=3>Prelude> let apply = \f x -> f x<br>
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Prelude> let apply' = \f -> f<br>
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Prelude> apply undefined `seq` ()<br>
()<br>
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Prelude> apply' undefined `seq` ()<br>
*** Exception: Prelude.undefined</font></tt>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">mulling this over helped me think about
functions that were similar but had different numbers of params. (the first
only takes a function as its first arg, the second, which I believe is
the same as "id" takes anything.)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">t.</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: haskell-cafe-bounces@haskell.org</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">10/15/2007 06:56 PM</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi<br>
is const = id?<br>
const 'x' 'y'<br>
'x'<br>
id 'x'<br>
'x'<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Paul<br>
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