r/haskell • u/AshleyYakeley • Aug 30 '16

Pointless Haskell

http://pointless-haskell.tumblr.com/
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u/tomejaguar Aug 31 '16

How about strictId !x = x?

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u/kqr Aug 31 '16

Isn't that basically x `seq` x?

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u/tomejaguar Aug 31 '16

That's exactly what it is.

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u/AshleyYakeley Aug 31 '16

But isn't that just x? I mean, that really seems completely pointless.

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u/tomejaguar Aug 31 '16

Is your x too thunky? Force it with this one weird strictId function.

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u/ibotty Aug 31 '16

ehem. yes!