Hello Lennart, Saturday, November 11, 2006, 6:49:15 AM, you wrote:
class IsString s where fromString :: String -> s
My guess is that the defaulting mechanism needs to be extended to default to the String type as well,
imho, it is MUST BE. this will allow to became ByteString and any other alternative string implementation a first-class Haskell citizen btw, String class is regularly debated and even implemented in fps-soc project where it includes a lot of common string functionality. just a head of this class: class (Eq s) => Stringable s where -- Introducing and eliminating -- | The empty string. empty :: s -- | Create a string containing a single 'Char'. singleton :: Char -> s -- | Convert a string into a standard Haskell 'String'. toList :: s -> [Char] toList = foldr (:) [] ........................ this may be disputed as part of library reorganization -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin@gmail.com