A large proportion of functions in Base are defined via a helper function, typically named go: -- Data.Set member :: Ord a => a -> Set a -> Bool member = go where go !_ Tip = False go x (Bin _ y l r) = case compare x y of LT -> go x l GT -> go x r EQ -> True -- GHC.Ba…

To go or to guard?

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