[Haskell-beginners] Type class instance with Num

4 Apr 2021

      I'm following LYHFGG and I have this

class YesNo a where
    yesno :: a -> Bool

instance YesNo Int where
    yesno 0 = False
    yesno _ = True

but then I have to specify Int here
...
yesno (5 :: Int)
True
Just with 5 gives this error

Ambiguous type variable ‘a0’ arising from the literal ‘5’
      prevents the constraint ‘(Num a0)’ from being solved.
      Probable fix: use a type annotation to specify what ‘a0’ should be.

I tried this

instance YesNo (Num a) where
    yesno 0 = False
    yesno _ = True

but got cryptic errors. What can I do to make yesno take any of Num's
numbers?

LB

[Haskell-beginners] Type class instance with Num

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