Here's a Prelude inconsistency that's been irking me once
in a while for a loong time - today it came up again, so here goes:
unlines ["a","b"] ==> "a\nb\n"
unwords ["a","b"] ==> "a b"
I like that
unwords (ls1 ++ [unwords ls2]) == unwords (ls1 ++ ls2)
but not that 'unlines' doesnt' obey the same rule, i.e.,
unlines [line1, unlines [line2,line3]] /= unlines [line1,line2,line3]
Is this by design? I notice that 'unlines' mirrors Miranda's 'lay', but
I'd find it a little more useful without the trailing \n (esp. considering
now that putStrLn is std.)
The current defn of 'unlines' doesn't keep me up at night, but still.
--sigbjorn
