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Complexity

Simple Types edit

  1. String or [Char]
  2. type error: lists are homogenous
  3. Num{a} => (a, Char)
  4. Int
  5. type error: cannot add values of different types

Polymorphic Types edit

The types:

  1. (a,b) -> b
  2. [a] -> a
  3. [a] -> Bool
  4. [a] -> a
  5. [[a]] -> a

Type Classes edit

Motivation edit

Equality Testing edit

The Num Class edit

The Show Class edit

Function Types edit

Lambda Calculus edit

Higher-Order Types edit

That Pesky IO Type edit

Explicit Type Declarations edit

Functional Arguments edit

The types:

  1. a -> [a]. This function takes an element and returns the list containing only that element.
  2. a -> b -> b -> (a,[b]). The second and third argument must be of the same type, since they go into the same list. The first element can be of any type.
  3. (Num a) => a -> a. Since we apply (+) to a, it must be an instance of Num.
  4. a -> String, or a -> [Char]. This ignores the first argument, so it can be any type.
  5. (Char -> a) -> a. In this expression, x must be a function which takes a Char as an argument. We don't know anything about what it produces, though, so we call it a.
  6. Type error. Here, we assume x has type a. But x is applied to itself, so it must have type b -> c. But then it must have type (b -> c) -> c, but then it must have type ((b -> c) -> c) -> c and so on, leading to an infinite type.
  7. (Num a) => a -> a. Again, since we apply (+), this must be an instance of Num.

Data Types edit

Pairs edit

The definitions will be something like:

data Triple a b c = Triple a b c

tripleFst (Triple x y z) = x
tripleSnd (Triple x y z) = y
tripleThr (Triple x y z) = z

The code, with type signatures, is:

data Quadruple a b = Quadruple a a b b

firstTwo :: Quadruple a b -> [a]
firstTwo (Quadruple x y z t) = [x,y]

lastTwo :: Quadruple a b -> [b]
lastTwo (Quadruple x y z t) = [z,t]

We note here that there are only two type variables, a and b associated with Quadruple.

Multiple Constructors edit

The code:

data Tuple a b c d = One a
                     | Two a b
                     | Three a b c
                     | Four a b c d

tuple1 (One   a      ) = Just a
tuple1 (Two   a b    ) = Just a
tuple1 (Three a b c  ) = Just a
tuple1 (Four  a b c d) = Just a

tuple2 (One   a      ) = Nothing
tuple2 (Two   a b    ) = Just b
tuple2 (Three a b c  ) = Just b
tuple2 (Four  a b c d) = Just b

tuple3 (One   a      ) = Nothing
tuple3 (Two   a b    ) = Nothing
tuple3 (Three a b c  ) = Just c
tuple3 (Four  a b c d) = Just c

tuple4 (One   a      ) = Nothing
tuple4 (Two   a b    ) = Nothing
tuple4 (Three a b c  ) = Nothing
tuple4 (Four  a b c d) = Just d

The code:

fromTuple :: Tuple a b c d -> Either (Either a (a,b)) (Either (a,b,c) (a,b,c,d))
fromTuple (One   a      ) = Left  (Left  a        )
fromTuple (Two   a b    ) = Left  (Right (a,b)    )
fromTuple (Three a b c  ) = Right (Left  (a,b,c)  )
fromTuple (Four  a b c d) = Right (Right (a,b,c,d))

Here, we use embedded Eithers to represent the fact that there are four (instead of two) options.

Recursive Datatypes edit

The code:

listHead (Cons x xs) = x
listTail (Cons x xs) = xs

listFoldl f y Nil = y
listFoldl f y (Cons x xs) = listFoldl f (f y x) xs

listFoldr f y Nil = y
listFoldr f y (Cons x xs) = f x (listFoldr f y xs)

Binary Trees edit

The code:

elements (Leaf x) = [x]
elements (Branch lhs x rhs) =
  elements lhs ++ [x] ++ elements rhs

The code:


treeFoldr :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> BinaryTree a -> b
treeFoldr f i (Leaf x) = f x i
treeFoldr f i (Branch left x right) = treeFoldr f (f x (treeFoldr f i right)) left

elements2 = treeFoldr (:) []

or:

elements2 tree = treeFoldr (\a b -> a:b) [] tree

The first elements2 is simply a more compact version of the second.

The code:

treeFoldl :: (a -> b -> a) -> a -> BinaryTree b -> a
treeFoldl f i (Leaf x) = f i x
treeFoldl f i (Branch left x right) = treeFoldl f (f (treeFoldl f i left) x) right

elements3 t = treeFoldl (\i a -> i ++ [a]) [] t

Enumerated Sets edit

The Unit type edit

Continuation Passing Style edit

It mimicks neither exactly. Its behavior most closely resembles foldr, but differs slightly in its treatment of the initial value. We can observe the difference in an interpreter:

Example:

CPS> foldr (-) 0 [1,2,3]
2
CPS> foldl (-) 0 [1,2,3]
-6
CPS> fold  (-) 0 [1,2,3]
-2

Clearly it behaves differently. By writing down the derivations of fold and foldr we can see exactly where they diverge:

     foldr (-) 0 [1,2,3]
==>  1 - foldr (-) 0 [2,3]
==>  ...
==>  1 - (2 - (3 - foldr (-) 0 []))
==>  1 - (2 - (3 - 0))
==>  2

     fold  (-) 0 [1,2,3]
==>  fold' (-) (\y -> 0 - y) [1,2,3]
==>  0 - fold' (-) (\y -> 1 - y) [2,3]
==>  0 - (1 - fold' (-) (\y -> 2 - y) [3])
==>  0 - (1 - (2 - 3))
==>  -2

Essentially, the primary difference is that in the foldr case, the "initial value" is used at the end (replacing []), whereas in the CPS case, the initial value is used at the beginning.

The function map in CPS:

map' :: (a -> [b] -> [b]) -> [a] -> [b]
map' f [] = []
map' f (x:xs) = f x  (map' f xs)

map2 :: (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]
map2 f l = map' (\x y -> f x : y) l

Point elimination:

map2 f = map' (\x y -> (:) (f x) y)
map2 f = map' (\x -> (:) (f x))
map2 f = map' (\x -> ((:) . f) x)
map2 f = map' ((:) . f)

The function filter in CPS: (needs to be double checked)

filter' :: (a -> [b] -> [b]) -> [a] -> [b]
filter' f [] = []
filter' f (x:xs) = f x  (filter' f xs)

filter2 :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
filter2 f l = filter' (\x y -> if (f x) then x:y else y) l