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		Blikkentrekker on Jan 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Haskell is a Bad Programming Language (2020) It is Haskell's definition, however. All functions that have `unsafe` as part of their name have it because they can lead to u.b. with improper use.

EE84M3i on Jan 9, 2021 [–]

Is it? The definition I see in the GHC docs seems to be broader than that: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/html/users_gui...

Regardless, I agree the function under discussion though, "head", is not "unsafe" in either sense. That's why I said "as an aside".

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