createPoint :: Int -> Point

createPoint x = Point x

When I loaded the file containing all this into ghci and executed 'Vector $ map createPoint [1..5]' the result was '(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)' (without the quotes).

This was actually more or less a test question as I'm new to haskell-cafe, but I hope people who will read this message will learn from my mistake.

Thank you.

> From: aslatter@gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:20:54 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Haskell-cafe] (no subject)
> To: dubl-u@hotmail.com
> CC: haskell-cafe@haskell.org
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Willem Obbens <dubl-u@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I get this error when I try to derive an instance of the Show typeclass:
> > Abc.hs:21:60:
> >     Couldn't match expected type `Vector' with actual type `[Point]'
> >     In the first argument of `show'', namely `xs'
> >     In the second argument of `(++)', namely `show' xs'
> >     In the second argument of `(++)', namely `", " ++ show' xs'
> > Failed, modules loaded: none.
> > Here's the faulty code:
> > newtype Point = Point Int
> > instance Show Point where
> >    show (Point a) = [chr $ a + 48]
> >
> > data Vector = Vector [Point]
> > instance Show Vector where
> >    show (Vector ys) =
> >       let show' (Vector [z])     = show z
> >           show' (Vector (x:xs))  = show x ++ ", " ++ show' xs
> >           show' (Vector [])      = []
> >       in  "(" ++ show' ys ++ ")"
>
> Here you're treating the value 'ys' as if its type was 'Vector', but
> its type is '[Point]'.
>
> Does that help?
>
> Antoine