[Haskell-cafe] Re: Type errors, would extensions help?

15 Jan 2009

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I have this problem trying to define a function
inside a do expression. I tried this small code
to help me check. This works well:
...
I guess you intended to call printNumber in the quoted snippet?
(...)
{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
{-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes #-}
After you pointed my dumb mistake, I was able to build
the first example -- without any of the extensions! Haskell
can be misterious some times.

Strange enough, I can't get the original (and, to my eyes,
equal) problem to work. This is the smallest I could get it
to be:

--- WARNING: wrong use of gtk, just to get an example
---
import Graphics.UI.Gtk ;
main = do {
   initGUI ;
   j1 <- drawingAreaNew ; j2 <- tableNew 1 1 True ;
   notebook <- do {
     note <- notebookNew ;
     insertInNotebook <- let {
       colocar :: (WidgetClass w) => w -> String -> IO Int ;
       colocar wid texto = do {
         lb <- labelNew Nothing ;
         labelSetMarkup lb texto ;
         notebookAppendPageMenu note wid lb lb
       } } in return $ colocar ;
     insertInNotebook j1 "J1" ;
     insertInNotebook j2 "J2" ;
     return note
   } ;
   putStrLn "Finish"
}
---

GHC says:

teste.hs:15:21:
     Couldn't match expected type `DrawingArea'
            against inferred type `Table'
     In the first argument of `insertInNotebook', namely `j2'
     In a stmt of a 'do' expression: insertInNotebook j2 "J2"
(...)

but I would like first argument of insert... to be any
instance of WidgetClass, be it Drawing... or Table.

Thanks,
Maurício

[Haskell-cafe] Re: Type errors, would extensions help?

Mauricio