Hmm... here are the functions I was looking to trace, the second one being an
example from Scheme text "Concrete Abstractions" that I rewrote after seeing
the first. Compared to the CL/Scheme memoization code, the Haskell seems like,
how shall I put this, a sleight of hand, so much so that I'm driven to look
behind the scenes to try to understand what is occurring. I remember that
someone said, pattern matching is strict and LET is lazy, so I know the trick
depends on laziness, but knowing that and understanding it are still a world
apart.
Does tracing a function *always* require memoizing it?
Michael
memo_fib :: Int -> Integer
memo_fib =
let fib 0 = 0
fib 1 = 1
fib n = memoized_fib (n-2) + memoized_fib (n-1)
in (map fib [0..] !!)
memo_walk_count :: Int -> Integer
memo_walk_count =
let walk_count 0 = 1
walk_count 1 = 1
walk_count n = memo_walk_count (n-2) + memo_walk_count (n-1)
in (map walk_count [0..] !!)
--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fisc...@web.de> wrote:
From: Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fisc...@web.de>
Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] trace
To: haskell-cafe@haskell.org
Cc: "michael rice" <nowg...@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 3:52 PM
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Am Donnerstag 24 Dezember 2009 21:31:34 schrieb michael rice:
> Can someone provide a simple example of tracing a function.
>
> Michael
Is
import Debug.Trace
infixl 0 `debug`
debug = flip trace
dfib :: Int -> Integer
dfib =
let fib 0 = 0
fib 1 = 1
fib n = dfib (n-2) + dfib (n-1) `debug` "eval fib " ++ show n
in (map fib [0 .. ] !!)
*MFib> dfib 12
eval fib 12
eval fib 10
eval fib 8
eval fib 6
eval fib 4
eval fib 2
eval fib 3
eval fib 5
eval fib 7
eval fib 9
eval fib 11
144
the kind of example you're looking for?
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