On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Holger Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - The explanation of the layout rule is wrong. If you define more than one > value in a let declaration, then it is only required that the identifiers > start on the same column.
Thank you - updated. > > - When I started to learn Haskell, I had problems with the use of (.) and ($). > I had learned what function application and lambda abstractions look like, but > then I looked at Haskell code written by experienced Haskellers and found > expressions like (map (succ . succ) $ 1:xs) that I did not understand. > A small section describing how to read such expressions could be useful for > beginners. Me too. I had a section on that originally but cut it due to time. Patches are always welcome :) > > - the section about do-notation is more a mini-tutorial than a cheatsheet. > Instead, you could show two or three examples that demonstrate how do- > notation, list comprehensions and the operator >>= relate. That is what I had > to look up more than once until I got used to it. There is also an example of > what is wrong, where showing the right thing would have sufficed. > True, but I think it's helpful. That stuff really confused me at first. Justin _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
