[clean-list] Function Arity

[Marco Kesseler]

From: "Sean Seefried" <seefried@itee.uq.edu.au>
> readability of the code.  If function arity is required for efficiency
> reasons could someone please let me know why it is not possible to work
out
> arity information at compile time.  Why does it have to be supplied by the
> programmer?

There is a reason for it, but it eludes me at the moment (maybe later).
However, there is something one could argue about:

> regionToImageC :: Region -> ImageC
> regionToImageC reg p
>       | reg p       = black
>       | otherwise = white

Is this truly more clear? I mean: suppose I do not know what "Region" is,
nor "ImageC", then what is this "p" about? (yes, I have taken things out of
context, but hey, this ought to be referentally transparent).

regards,
Marco

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