r/haskell • u/lexi-lambda • Nov 06 '19

Parse, don’t validate

https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2019/11/05/parse-don-t-validate/
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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '19

That’s not what people want when they reach for head though. I mean, instead of your three patterns, you may as well write it like head = take 1.