最近,我尝试解决 Haskell 99 问题,第 66 题(紧凑地布置一棵树)。我成功了,但对这里的解决方案感到困惑(http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/99_questions/Solutions/66)。
layout :: Tree a -> Tree (a, Pos)
layout t = t'
where (l, t', r) = layoutAux x1 1 t
x1 = maximum l + 1
layoutAux :: Int -> Int -> Tree a -> ([Int], Tree (a, Pos), [Int])
layoutAux x y Empty = ([], Empty, [])
layoutAux x y (Branch a l r) = (ll', Branch (a, (x,y)) l' r', rr')
where (ll, l', lr) = layoutAux (x-sep) (y+1) l
(rl, r', rr) = layoutAux (x+sep) (y+1) r
sep = maximum (0:zipWith (+) lr rl) `div` 2 + 1
ll' = 0 : overlay (map (+sep) ll) (map (subtract sep) rl)
rr' = 0 : overlay (map (+sep) rr) (map (subtract sep) lr)
-- overlay xs ys = xs padded out to at least the length of ys
-- using any extra elements of ys
overlay :: [a] -> [a] -> [a]
overlay [] ys = ys
overlay xs [] = xs
overlay (x:xs) (y:ys) = x : overlay xs ys
为什么“x1”和“sep”的计算不会导致无限循环?它们是如何计算的?