On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Nicolaas du Preez <njdupreez@yahoo.com> wrote:
data Cycle = Cycle { name :: String, size :: Double } deriving (Eq, Show)

instance Ord Cycle where
        (<) a b = (<) (size a) (size b) -- problem statement!
        …

How can I specify that, on the right-hand side of the problem statement, I refer to (<) :: Double -> Double -> Bool instead of (<) :: Cycle -> Cycle -> Bool?

That should be automatic, since it knows that size :: Cycle -> Double and therefore should use the Double instance. Can you provide a minimal full example and full error message?

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