This is a better demonstration of the issue. I am going to open a GHC bug report, as I can't see how this behavior is desirable. {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-} import Data.Text as T class NoDefault a where noDefault :: a -> Text instance NoDefault T.Text where noDefault = id main = print (noDefault "Hello!") default.hs:7:15: Ambiguous type variable `a0' in the constraints: (NoDefault a0) arising from a use of `noDefault' at default.hs:7:15-23 (Data.String.IsString a0) arising from the literal `"Hello!"' at default.hs:7:25-32 Probable fix: add a type signature that fixes these type variable(s) In the first argument of `print', namely `(noDefault "Hello!")' In the expression: print (noDefault "Hello!") In an equation for `main': main = print (noDefault "Hello!") On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Greg Weber <greg@gregweber.info> wrote:
my actual use case looks more like this:
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-} {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances, TypeSynonymInstances #-}
import Data.Text as T
class ShowT a where showT :: a -> String
instance ShowT T.Text where showT = show
instance ShowT String where showT = show
main = print (showT "Hello!")
Ambiguous type variable `a0' in the constraints: (ShowT a0) arising from a use of `showT' at default.hs:16:15-19 (Data.String.IsString a0) arising from the literal `"Hello!"'
So I actually want to define a default instance for a typeclass I define that uses isString instances.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Daniel Peebles <pumpkingod@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it'll be hard to do that without putting Text in base, which I'm not sure anyone wants to do.
Dan
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Greg Weber <greg@gregweber.info> wrote:
I would like to default IsString to use the Text instance to avoid ambiguous type errors. I see defaulting capability is available for Num. Is there any way to do this for IsString?
Thanks, Greg Weber
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