In Haskell, what does it mean if a binding "shadows an existing binding"?
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I'm getting a warning from GHC when I compile:
Warning: This binding for 'pats' shadows an existing binding in the definition of 'match_ignore_ancs'
Here's the function:
match_ignore_ancs (TextPat _ c) (Text t) = c t
match_ignore_ancs (TextPat _ _) (Element _ _ _) = False
match_ignore_ancs (ElemPat _ _ _) (Text t) = False
match_ignore_ancs (ElemPat _ c pats) (Element t avs xs) =
c t avs && match_pats pats xs
Any idea what this means and how I can fix it?
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