
#10222: Data.Foldable should have genericLength -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: uznx | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.10.1 Component: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple libraries/base | Type of failure: None/Unknown Keywords: | Blocked By: Architecture: | Related Tickets: Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The "length" function in Data.Foldable has its return type hardcoded to "Int". There should also be a genericLength function which can return any Num type, similar to Data.List.genericLength. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10222 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler