Add some doctest examples to RealFunction.

[spline3.git] / src / RealFunction.hs

diff --git a/src/RealFunction.hs b/src/RealFunction.hs
index cf98029a5f4948d71375ca0e8c188e19a2d39527..01e34bdf39d086e7dbced9690ba6c7a891cda844 100644 (file)
--- a/src/RealFunction.hs
+++ b/src/RealFunction.hs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
 
-module RealFunction
+module RealFunction (
+  RealFunction,
+  cmult,
+  fexp
+  )
 where
 
 
@@ -34,12 +38,37 @@ instance Num (RealFunction a) where
 
 -- | Takes a constant, and a function as arguments. Returns a new
 --   function representing the original function times the constant.
+--
+--   ==== __Examples__
+--
+--   >>> let square x = x**2
+--   >>> square 1
+--   1.0
+--   >>> square 2
+--   4.0
+--   >>> let f = cmult 2 square
+--   >>> f 1
+--   2.0
+--   >>> f 2
+--   8.0
+--
 cmult :: Double -> (RealFunction a) -> (RealFunction a)
 cmult coeff f = (*coeff) . f
 
 
--- | Takes a function f and an exponent n. Returns a new function,
---   f^n.
+-- | Takes a function @f@ and an exponent @n@. Returns a new function,
+--   @g@, defined by g(x) = (f(x))^n. This is /not/ @f@ composed
+--   with itself @n@ times.
+--
+--   ==== __Examples__
+--
+--   >>> let square x = x**2
+--   >>> square 2
+--   4.0
+--   >>> let f = fexp square 3
+--   >>> f 2
+--   64.0
+--
 fexp :: (RealFunction a) -> Int -> (RealFunction a)
 fexp f n
      | n == 0 = (\_ -> 1)