On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:59:01AM -0500, S. Alexander Jacobson wrote:
I ended up solving it by using a typeclass. My general experience of implicit types has been that they end up being a lot less useful than they appear. Getting the types right ends up being difficult and it is usually better just to be in a monad or as in this case to use typeclasses. I've begun to think of use of implicit types as a sign a "bad smell" in the code and if I have used one somewhere, I try to eliminate it because doing so usually results in better code overall.
yes. they are just a bad idea for many reasons IMHO. I think they should be purposefully and forcefully retired so they don't trip up new users to haskell who think they are the right way to do things. John -- John Meacham - ⑆repetae.net⑆john⑈