Haskell's type inference strangeness
问题 Look at this output from ghci: Prelude> :t Data.Map.lookup Data.Map.lookup :: Ord k => k -> Data.Map.Map k a -> Maybe a Prelude> :t flip Data.Map.lookup flip Data.Map.lookup :: Ord a => Data.Map.Map a a1 -> a -> Maybe a1 Prelude> let look = flip Data.Map.lookup Loading package array-0.3.0.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package containers-0.4.0.0 ... linking ... done. Prelude> :t look look :: Data.Map.Map () a -> () -> Maybe a Why look 's inferred type differs from type of flip Data.Map