25 Apr
2012
25 Apr
'12
3:19 p.m.
On April 25, 2012 04:15:41 Yitzchak Gale wrote:
The only reason I don't like using OverloadedStrings for typing string literals as Text and ByteString is that when you turn on OverloadedStrings, you turn it on for all types, not just Text and ByteString. I don't want to be forced to do that. Because all other uses of OverloadedStrings that I have seen, and there are many, are ill-advised in my opinion. They all should have been quasiquoters.
Maybe what you really want is the ability to control instance imports? Is there a technical reason this couldn't be done? The Haskell report only says doing this is not part of haskell. It doesn't say why. Cheers! -Tyson