Re: [Haskell-beginners] How to print the name of a variable

Hi Ozgur Doesn't that associate names with types rather than names with values though: instance HasName Int where name = "Int"

printWithName (1::Int) Int: 1

printWithName (70::Int) Int: 70

I think the same is achievable with Data.Typeable / Data.Data although how to do it is somewhat buried... For associating names and values you'd still need to do it 'by hand' with something like data Named a = Named String a deriving (Show) or type Named a = (String,a) Best wishes Stephen