> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 06:34:57PM +0800, 吴兴博 wrote:
>>
>> 2.
>> f1 :: (Integral a) => a -> String
>> f2 :: (Integral a) => String -> a
>>
>> pipe = f1 . f2
>> It is clear that pipe is String -> String,
>
> Actually, this code will give an "ambiguous type" error, since the
> compiler cannot figure out what type 'a' should be. And the type that
> is chosen may make a difference for the behavior.
>
>> but.(1)How can I know what instance that 'a' is.
>> (2)How can I determine what instance of 'a' is.
>
> If you know what type you want to use for 'a' you can specify it with
> a type annotation, like this:
>
> pipe = f1 . (f2 :: String -> Int)
>
> -Brent
>
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