relaxing instance declarations
Is there any strong reason why the where clause in an instance declaration cannot declare anything other than class operators? If not, I suggest relaxing the restriction. It is not unusual for declarations of class operators to refer to special auxiliary functions. Under current rules such functions have to be declared outside the scope in which they are used. Doug McIlroy
You can always put those helper functions in the class and then just not
export them from the module.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Doug McIlroy
Is there any strong reason why the where clause in an instance declaration cannot declare anything other than class operators? If not, I suggest relaxing the restriction.
It is not unusual for declarations of class operators to refer to special auxiliary functions. Under current rules such functions have to be declared outside the scope in which they are used.
Doug McIlroy
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