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
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Lyndon Maydwell <maydwell@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
nightmare = unsafePerformIO (getWrongWife >>= sex)
http://blog.ertes.de/
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