Excerpts from michael rice's message of Tue Jan 26 21:34:42 -0500 2010:
> fromMaybe d x = case x of {Nothing -> d;Just v -> v}
> fromMaybe z = maybe z id
They're equivalent. Here the definition of maybe:
maybe :: b -> (a -> b) -> Maybe a -> b
maybe n _ Nothing = n
maybe _ f (Just x) = f x
Cheers,
Edward
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