Copyright	(c) The University of Glasgow 2001
License	BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
Maintainer	libraries@haskell.org
Stability	experimental
Portability	portable
Safe Haskell	Trustworthy
Language	Haskell2010

Data.Bool

Contents

Description

The Bool type and related functions.

Synopsis

Booleans

data Bool ∷ ★

Constructors

False
True

Instances

Operations

(&&) ∷ Bool → Bool → Bool infixr 3

Boolean "and"

(||) ∷ Bool → Bool → Bool infixr 2

Boolean "or"

Boolean "not"

otherwise is defined as the value True. It helps to make guards more readable. eg.

 f x | x < 0     = ...
     | otherwise = ...

bool ∷ a → a → Bool → a Source

Case analysis for the Bool type. bool a b p evaluates to a when p is False, and evaluates to b when p is True.

Since: 4.7.0.0