-- -*- haskell -*- data Point = Point2d(Double, Double) | Point3d(Double, Double, Double) deriving Show translate (Point2d(x, y )) x2 = Point2d(x+x2, y) translate (Point3d(x, y, z)) x2 = Point3d(x+x2, y, z) my_length (Point2d(x, y )) = sqrt (x * x + y * y) my_length (Point3d(x, y, z)) = sqrt (x * x + y * y + z * z) add (Point3d(x1, y1, z1)) (Point3d(x2, y2, z2)) = Point3d(x1 + x2, y1 + y2, z1 + z2) add (Point2d(x1, y1 )) (Point2d(x2, y2 )) = Point2d(x1 + x2, y1 + y2) add (Point2d(x1, y1 )) (Point3d(x2, y2, _ )) = Point2d(x1 + x2, y1 + y2) add (Point3d(x1, y1, _ )) (Point2d(x2, y2 )) = Point2d(x1 + x2, y1 + y2) get_z (Point2d _) = error "don't call get_z with a Point2d" get_z (Point3d(_, _, z)) = z p2d = Point2d(3, 4) p3d = Point3d(1, 2, 2) l = [ p2d, p3d ] test p = (my_length p, translate p 1) test1 = (test p2d, test p3d, map my_length l, -- after translate, we still have a Point3d get_z (translate p3d 1)) twice p = add p p test2 = (twice p2d, twice p3d, map twice l) test3 = (add p2d p3d, add p3d p2d) -- after twice, we still have a Point3d test4 = get_z (twice p3d) main = print (test1, test2, test3, test4)