Add the ability to derive instances of Functor, Foldable, Traversable

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / utils / Util.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/utils/Util.lhs b/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
index db6f96a..af81110 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
+++ b/compiler/utils/Util.lhs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module Util (
 
         -- * List operations controlled by another list
         takeList, dropList, splitAtList, split,
+        dropTail,
 
         -- * For loop
         nTimes,
@@ -608,6 +609,10 @@ splitAtList (_:xs) (y:ys) = (y:ys', ys'')
     where
       (ys', ys'') = splitAtList xs ys
 
+-- drop from the end of a list
+dropTail :: Int -> [a] -> [a]
+dropTail n = reverse . drop n . reverse
+
 snocView :: [a] -> Maybe ([a],a)
         -- Split off the last element
 snocView [] = Nothing