Re: default instance for IsString

Erik Hesselink wrote:

I don't think IsString should be dismissed so easily.

I'm just saying I don't want to be forced to use it. If others like it, I'm not dismissing it.

we have a couple of newtypes over Text that do different kinds of normalization. An IsString instance for these is useful and total.

True. Perhaps you'd be able to get IsBuiltinString instances for those too, using newtype deriving, if only the method names of IsBuiltinString are hidden and the class name is exported. If that doesn't work, I'm fine with using a quasiquoter for those instead. Or even just the usual newtype unwrapping and wrapping. And again, if you provide IsString and others want to use it, that's fine. Thanks, Yitz