13 Jan
2006
13 Jan
'06
9:53 p.m.
Daniel Fischer wrote:
Now the question is, could that restriction be lifted, i.e., would it be possible/worthwhile to let defaulting also take place if user defined classes are involved?
The current defaulting mechanism in Haskell is very, very conservative. You could easily relax the restriction that all classes have to come from the Prelude. I have sometimes wished for that. But on the other hand, I try to avoid relying on defaulting anywhere, so it doesn't disturb me much. -- Lennart