const package:incipit-base

const x y always evaluates to x, ignoring its second argument.

const x = \_ -> x

This function might seem useless at first glance, but it can be very useful in a higher order context.

Examples

>>> const 42 "hello"
42

>>> map (const 42) [0..3]
[42,42,42,42]

The Const functor.

The kind of lifted constraints