[Haskell-cafe] Re: A generics question

Sterling Clover writes:

Try it with the following type signature and it should work fine:

convert :: (Data a) => Int -> a -> a

Of course, as has been noted, SYB is a rather big sledgehammer for the insect in question.

Cheers, S.

Thank you Sterling. That is the answer I was looking for. I was trying out things from the various Scrap your Boilerplate papers, and got stuck doing something that I thought should be easy. Now it makes sense. Thanks again. Best wishes, Henry Laxen