X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=lambda.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=week7.mdwn;h=3336a49685b38bf087eb3a9f67915f3bf8a32ea0;hp=52bc8eb5d2e9855e872cfca13bc469d1582e8b36;hb=f10b70d2b7589e44135dd0e47c87d3965ee08918;hpb=f1086f391556371f688a6ed2807da5e127d69608 diff --git a/week7.mdwn b/week7.mdwn index 52bc8eb5..3336a496 100644 --- a/week7.mdwn +++ b/week7.mdwn @@ -114,17 +114,17 @@ val unit : 'a -> 'a option = - : int option = Some 2 - The parentheses is the magic for telling Ocaml that the - function to be defined (in this case, the name of the function - is `*`, pronounced "bind") is an infix operator, so we write - `m * f` or `( * ) m f` instead of `* m f`. +The parentheses is the magic for telling Ocaml that the +function to be defined (in this case, the name of the function +is `*`, pronounced "bind") is an infix operator, so we write +`m * f` or `( * ) m f` instead of `* m f`. * Associativity: bind obeys a kind of associativity, like this: - (m * f) * g == m * (fun x -> f x * g) + `(m * f) * g == m * (fun x -> f x * g)` - If you don't understand why the lambda form is necessary, you need - to look again at the type of bind. This is important. + If you don't understand why the lambda form is necessary (the "fun + x" part), you need to look again at the type of bind. For an illustration of associativity in the option monad: