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diff --git a/haskell.html.markdown b/haskell.html.markdown index 2f807c5f..f28fcfe7 100644 --- a/haskell.html.markdown +++ b/haskell.html.markdown @@ -202,19 +202,20 @@ foo = (*5) . (+10) foo 5 -- 75 -- fixing precedence --- Haskell has another function called `$`. This changes the precedence --- so that everything to the left of it gets computed first and then applied --- to everything on the right. You can use `$` (often in combination with `.`) --- to get rid of a lot of parentheses: +-- Haskell has another operator called `$`. This operator applies a function +-- to a given parameter. In contrast to standard function application, which +-- has highest possible priority of 10 and is left-associative, the `$` operator +-- has priority of 0 and is right-associative. Such a low priority means that +-- the expression on its right is applied as the parameter to the function on its left. -- before -(even (fib 7)) -- true +(even (fib 7)) -- false -- after -even . fib $ 7 -- true +even . fib $ 7 -- false -- equivalently -even $ fib 7 -- true +even $ fib 7 -- false ---------------------------------------------------- -- 5. Type signatures |