Hi, Am Mittwoch, den 25.04.2012, 11:15 +0300 schrieb Yitzchak Gale:
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.
another option, quick idea from a pub: Make OverloadedStrings work with re-bindable syntax (←needs GHC change, probably) and redefine fromString as you want. E.g, if you want to use alwas Text, just define fromText :: String -> Text in your module (and do not import the IsString method). Greetings, Joachim -- Joachim "nomeata" Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de | nomeata@debian.org | GPG: 0x4743206C xmpp: nomeata@joachim-breitner.de | http://www.joachim-breitner.de/