Dear all, I'm created a timeSignal datatype as container around a "Vector Double" data type (see simple code below) and subsequently started to instanciate Num & Eq to be able to perform operations on it. Additionally I want store ifno like an index, time information and eventually an inheritence log (the log is not yet in there). As I will in the end need up to 10 different datatypes, however using slightly different content (time signal, single value, distribution, ...) I ask myself, how I could define a super data-type with sub-data-types to inherit, but then also overload certain functions (like u would do in OO). What is best way in haskell to achieve this ? (I'm unsure wether haskell classes are what I'm looking for) Cheers Phil ########## Code below import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed as V data TimeSig = TimeSig Int Double (V.Vector Double) -- signal Index timeStep data getVect :: TimeSig -> (V.Vector Double) getVect (TimeSig idx dt vect)= vect getIdx :: TimeSig -> Int getIdx (TimeSig idx dt vect) = idx getdt :: TimeSig -> Double getdt (TimeSig idx dt vect) = dt pzipWith :: (Double -> Double -> Double) -> TimeSig -> TimeSig -> TimeSig pzipWith f p1 p2 = TimeSig idx dt vect where vect = V.zipWith f (getVect p1) (getVect p2) idx = getIdx p1 dt = getdt p1 pmap :: (Double -> Double) -> TimeSig -> TimeSig pmap f p = TimeSig (getIdx p) (getdt p) (V.map f (getVect p)) instance Num TimeSig where (+) p1 p2 = pzipWith (+) p1 p2 (-) p1 p2 = pzipWith (-) p1 p2 negate p1 = pmap negate p1 abs p1 = pmap abs p1 (*) p1 p2 = pzipWith (*) p1 p2 instance Eq TimeSig where (==) p1 p2 = (==) (getVect p1) (getVect p2) instance Show TimeSig where show (TimeSig idx dt vect) = "TimeSignal Nr: " ++ show idx ++ " dt: " ++ show dt ++ " val:" ++ show vect main = do let p = TimeSig 5 0.1 (V.fromList [0..10::Double]) putStrLn (show p) putStrLn (show (p+p)) -- View this message in context: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/Data-Type-Inheritance-ala-OO-Inheritenc... Sent from the Haskell - Haskell-Cafe mailing list archive at Nabble.com.