Re: [Haskell-cafe] Problem trying to get class Bounded to work

Jacques Carette wrote:

Bulat Ziganshin wrote:

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malloc :: Storable a => IO (Ptr a) malloc = doMalloc undefined where doMalloc :: Storable b => b -> IO (Ptr b) doMalloc dummy = mallocBytes (sizeOf dummy)

Is there any reason to not code this as

malloc :: Storable a => IO (Ptr a) malloc = mallocBytes $ sizeof undefined ?

There is. Don't you think there's a reason why doMalloc above has an explicit type signature? What would happen if you deleted it? Udo. -- "You, sir, are nothing but a pathetically lame salesdroid! I fart in your general direction!" -- Randseed on #Linux