O'Haskell OOP Polymorphic Functions

16 Jan 2001

      How do you do OOP-style polymorphic functions in O'Haskell? My first 
attempt looked something like this:

struct Base

struct Derived < Base = 
     value :: Int

theValue :: Base -> Maybe Int
theValue x = Just (x.value) -- problem line
theValue _ = Nothing

In the problem line, x is considered to be of type Base, so x.value gives 
an error. I tried replacing it with

theValue (x :: Derived) = Just (x.value)

...but that doesn't work either.

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Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA