Re: [Haskell-beginners] Re: Integer by default.

And for those functions there are often generic counterparts defined in the List module eg genericLength that take Integral types. On 23 June 2010 15:52, Ertugrul Soeylemez wrote:

Hello Lyndon,

it seems to me that Integer /is/ the default. Probably you're unifying with some Int, for example when using functions like 'take' or 'length':

length :: [a] -> Int take :: Int -> [a] -> [a]

Greets, Ertugrul

Lyndon Maydwell wrote:

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Hi beginners.

Is there a way to get the prelude functions to use Integer by default rather than Int?

I often have issues with Ints silently overflowing silently, but don't often have speed issues.

Somehow I don't think that this is possible, but... Maybe?

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