Modules¶
Importing a type and its data constructors¶
NOTE: We are going to exemplify some of the syntax using Data.List module.
This is how we import Data.List’s List type, and its data constructors Nil and Cons (you may need to run npx spago install lists first):
import Data.List (List(Nil, Cons))
Those are the two available data constructors for Data.List, according to .spago/lists/v7.0.0/src/Data/List/Types.purs:
data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a)
So, yeah, List is the type and Nil and Cons are the (only two) data constructors for the type List.
SomeType(..) syntax¶
The SomeType(..) syntax is used to import the SomeType type with all its exported data constructors:
import Data.List (List(..))
Since the type List (from Data.List) contains the data constructors Nil and Cons, both the List and the two data constructors Nil and Cons.
And to import the type, the data constructors for that type, and some more functions from that module, e.g.:
import Data.List (List(..), (:)), tail, last)
Now we have the type List, the data constructors Nil and Cons, the infix operator :, and the functions tail and last from the module Data.List in scope.
Pay attention to the parentheses!!!
Pay attention to the parentheses. Note the parentheses around the type, and the inner parentheses around the data constructors. Also, the parentheses around operators.