Hi fellow Haskellers!

If I bring up ghci and evaluate `read 2` I get the error "Prelude.read: no parse"

GHCi, version 7.10.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help

Prelude> read "2"

*** Exception: Prelude.read: no parse

Exactly how is this message coming about? I understand that `read` needs a return type in order to determine which type class instance to run. So, in this case, which type is `read` being asked to return?

Thanks,

Erik