Of course you should be able to specify what types you want.&nbsp; But it would be nice if the default was correct rather than fast.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bulat Ziganshin</b>
 &lt;<a href="mailto:bulat.ziganshin@gmail.com">bulat.ziganshin@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hello Thomas,<br><br>Thursday, July 12, 2007, 3:14:57 AM, you wrote:<br>&gt; The differences between Int and Integer operations are mostly constant factors.<br><br>well, i will be unlucky if in my real-world program Integers would be
<br>used instead of Ints. defaulting provides a great way to solve this<br>dilemma, so good-for-anyone approach may be: default defaulting to<br>Integer instead of Int, and use (Num a) instead of Int in all standard<br>functions such as length. with jhc-like automatic specialization
<br>feature this should provide enough speed<br><br>--<br>Best regards,<br> Bulat&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mailto:<a href="mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com">Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com</a><br><br>_______________________________________________
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