On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Vlatko Basic <vlatko.ba...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hm, I thought it is a pattern match with constant, as in f ('a':xs) ==
>>
>
> I wonder what you'd make of this definition, then?
>
> (*) `on` f = \x y -> f x * f y
>
>
> According to the enlightenment above, I'd say (*) is a variable that holds
> some function/operator that is applied on (f x) and (f y), not the
> multiplication, right?
>
Correct. But if it's a variable there, why would you expect it to be a
constant in a different pattern?
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