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List:       haskell-beginners
Subject:    Re: [Haskell-beginners] Important coding guideline and library
From:       ajb () spamcop ! net
Date:       2009-11-23 2:54:10
Message-ID: 20091122215410.aqwbhyiog2sc44cc-nwo () webmail ! spamcop ! net
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G'day all.

Quoting Daniel Fischer <daniel.is.fischer@web.de>:

> Proposal:
> rename 'length' to   
> 'yesIReallyWantToKnowTheExactLengthOfThisListSoPleaseCalculateItForMe'
> to reduce performance bugs caused by naive uses of length.

genericYesIReallyWantToKnowTheExactLengthOfThisListSoPleaseCalculateItForMe

Another option is to rename Data.List to Data.List.YesIKnowThisIsNotAnArray.

Cheers,
Andrew Bromage
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