RE: instance declarations

Hi Marcin, | > There's no solid technical reason for this, but Haskell doesn't allow | > it at the moment because there isn't an easy way to name an instance | > declaration. | | There is another problem: even if we created a syntax to name them, | if they would not be exported by default then current programs would | have to be changed. You're right of course, although I consider this a pragmatic issue rather than a technical problem: I'm thinking of future languages that are inspired by current Haskell standards but not constrained by details of the current definition or existing codebase. All the best, Mark