Re: [Haskell-beginners] Meaning of '!' in record defintion? UNPACK?

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"Thomas" == Thomas Davie writes:

Thomas> The {-# UNPACK #-} tells the compiler that it can unpack Thomas> the Int – meaning that a Position will be neatly packed Thomas> into 12 bytes. What would be the difference if there was no UNPACK pragma? -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire