The Report explicitly specifies that you can export a class method "naked", for exactly the reason you give. So I think GHC is right here. Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: haskell-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:haskell-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of John Meacham | Sent: 02 December 2004 01:28 | To: haskell@haskell.org | Subject: [Haskell] discrepancy between nhc and ghc | | | | ghc: | import Random(Random(randomR)) -- good | import Random(randomR) -- good | | nhc: (1.16) | import Random(Random(randomR)) -- good | import Random(randomR) -- ERROR! nhc says randomR is not found. | | | I was wondering whether this was intentional and which was correct? I | much much prefer the ghc behavior since it lets you export methods | without exporting the class and lets you hide the implementation detail | of whether a function is implemented as a method or normal declaration. | | | John | | -- | John Meacham - ⑆repetae.net⑆john⑈ | _______________________________________________ | Haskell mailing list | Haskell@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell