On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 17:35 +0100, Andrew Coppin wrote: > Vimal wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I was surprised to find out that the following piece of code: > > > > > >> length [1..] > 10 > >> > > > > isnt lazily evaluated! I wouldnt expect this to be a bug, but > > in this case, shouldnt the computation end when the length function > > evaluation goes something like: > > > > > >> 10 + length [11..] > >> > > > > ? > > > > > > In an ideal world, yes. > > In this world, use "length (take 11 [1..]) > 10"...
not (null (drop 10 [1..])) is surely faster (not tested...) jcc _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
