Proposal: alpha-rename the type signatures of foldl, foldl', and scanl to be consistent with foldr and scanr

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi,

Am Sonntag, den 14.10.2012, 16:28 +0200 schrieb Gábor Lehel:
>     foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b
>     foldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b
>     Prelude.foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b
>     Prelude.scanl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> [a] -> [b]
>     Data.List.foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b
>     Data.Foldable.foldl :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b
>     Data.Foldable.foldl' :: (b -> a -> b) -> b -> t a -> b

+1.

Also preferring this over “r”; a and b are sufficiently early in the
alphabet to be generic; “r” might look confusingly special to new users.

Greetings,
Joachim 
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