Re: Remove eq and show from num class

All yays from committee members please reply with yes to

I'm baffled. Is this some sort of 'in' joke at ICFP? Then remember the rest of the world can see this list. this email :) If this is to the committee, shouldn't it be on the committee list? (I mean ghc-steering-committee.) Or is there some other committee? I thought the Haskell-prime forum and process was dead/replaced by the github proposals process? If there is a serious proposal, please explain what it is and what is the motivation. At risk of me sounding like a complete dork: I find it rather useful that I can compare numbers for equality and show them. (That is, without having to write my own instances.) AntC