[Agda] Where clauses

[Andreas Abel]

As far as I know, `where' clauses are translated to a module and treated 
as mutually recursive with the function they belong to.  This comment 
about 'let' must be really old.

Cheers,
Andreas

On 19.04.2013 17:21, Andrés Sicard-Ramírez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Peyton Jones [1, §4.2.8] states that where clauses are translated into
> let expressions.
>
> I found the following comment in Agda source code
> (Agda.Syntax.Abstract):
>
> -- | We could throw away @where@ clauses at this point and translate them to
> --   @let at . It's not obvious how to remember that the @let@ was really a
> --   @where@ clause though, so for the time being we keep it here.
>
> So, are where clauses translated to let expressions in Agda?
>
> [1] Simon L. Peyton Jones. The Implementation of Functional
>      Programming Languages. Prentice-Hall International, 1987.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Andrés
>
>
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