This class definition is giving me a lot of problems with the successor function: class (Ord st) => MinimaxState st where successors:: st -> [(action,st)] terminal:: st -> Bool A trivial example would be: instance MinimaxState Int where terminal i = i == 0 successors i = [(1,i+1), (-1,i-1)] However, I get this error in GHC: Could not deduce (Num action) from the context (MinimaxState Int, Ord Int) arising from the literal `1' at AbTest.hs:7 Probable fix: Add (Num action) to the class or instance method `successors' In the first argument of `negate', namely `1' In the list element: (- 1, (- i) - 1) In the definition of `successors': successors i = [(1, i + 1), (- 1, (- i) - 1)] I have the class definition and the instance definition in seperate files. I don't understand where I'm supposed to put the "probable fix." I don't want it to be in the class definition, since action should be fairly arbitrary. In fact, no matter what I try, I get errors, for example: instance MinimaxState Int where terminal i = i == 0 successors i = [("action",i+1), ("action",i-1)] Cannot unify the type-signature variable `action' with the type `[Char]' Expected type: action Inferred type: [Char] In the list element: ("action", i + 1) In the definition of `successors': successors i = [("action", i + 1), ("action", (- i) - 1)] Any suggestions? -Arjun