On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:55:48AM +0100, Patrick Browne wrote:
> Hi,
> Below are two questions on commutative operations in Haskell.
>
> infixl 5 `com`
> com :: Int -> Int -> Int
> x `com` y = (x + y)
> commutative com a b = (a `com` b) == (b`com`a)
Note that the first parameter to commutative shadows the previous
definition of com, I don't know if that's what you intended.
>
> -- 1 + 3 == 3 + 1
> -- This gives true by virtue of the value of LHS and RHS being equal
> after the plus operation
>
> -- Question 1
> -- commutative com 1 3
> -- This also gives true. Is it because of commutative equation or
> because of the plus operation?
I'm not quite sure I understand your question. In any case:
commutative com 1 3
= (1 `com` 3) == (3 `com` 1) {- definition of 'commutative' -}
= (1 + 3) == (3 + 1) {- definition of 'com' -}
= True
>
> -- Question 2
> -- In Haskell can commutativity be specified as a property of infix
> operations?
No, it can't.
-Brent
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