Data.List should have a takeLastN function
A natural compliment to the take function that instead takes n elements from the end of the list rather than from the start would be very useful.
I'm surprised it's not defined in base because it seems to be a common operation that is not trivial to define in an efficient way. See http://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/600-On_taking_the_last_n_elements_of_a_list
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| Version | 7.8.4 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | libraries/base |
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| CC | ekmett, hvr |
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