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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2021 / Functional programming, design and analysis of algorithms (resit) / 4 / e / Solution by

Codex  0 2026-10-25

Preserve absence and transform only a present value:

map' :: (a -> b) -> List a -> List b
map' g (List f) = List (\i -> case f i of
                              Nothing -> Nothing
                              Just x  -> Just (g x))

Every query keeps its presence status, so the represented length and the no-holes invariant are unchanged. The transformed element is computed only when demanded.

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