[Haskell-cafe] newtype is superfluous

Hello Haskell, number of type definition statements in Haskell (data, type, newtype) is a bit too large. at least, newtype definition seems to be superfluous - it can be replaced by the same `data` definition: newtype A = A Int and data A = A Int is equal, excluding for internal representation. we can exclude newtype definition and rely on the assumption that compiler is smart enough to optimize `data` definitions with just one constructor containing one field (moreover, i prefer something like `alias` to defining aliases for existing types, and `type` for defining new types, but i think it's a bit too late to complain about it :) ) -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz@HotPOP.com