Hello, everyone. Considering, I have a class: class Flt a where allows :: FltOpts -> [a] denies :: FltOpts -> [a] crit :: a -> [a] -> Bool flt :: FltOpts -> a -> Bool flt opts a = allowed && not denied where allowed = if null $ allows opts then True else a `crit` (allows opts) denied = if null $ denies opts then False else a `crit` (denies opts) I get error here: • Could not deduce (Flt a1) arising from a use of ‘allows’ from the context: Flt a bound by the class declaration for ‘Flt’ at .../.stack-work/intero/intero5319V42.hs:(31,1)-(38,97) The type variable ‘a1’ is ambiguous These potential instance exist: instance Flt MyType -- Defined at ... • In the second argument of ‘($)’, namely ‘allows opts’ .................................................... As I understand, GHC can not deduce type if it's a return's value (contraposition?). OK, but it knows its type: it is `[a]`! What is the problem to keep `flt` method as a generic, i.e. without concreate type, but only `[a]` ? Second, I implemented instance: instance Flt MyType where allows = ... denies = ... flt opts a = allowed && not denied where allowed = if null $ (allows opts::[MyType]) then True else a `crit` (allows opts) denied = if null $ (denies opts::[MyType]) then False else a `crit` (denies opts) and without this explicite type annotation of `allows opts` I get again ambigous error. But why? GHC knows that `allows` returns `[a]` and `a` is `MyType`, so `[a]` is `[MyType]`. Why I need to write it explicitly? May be I need some extension here? === Best regards, Paul