On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Shachaf Ben-Kiki <shachaf@gmail.com> wrote:


Maybe it would be simpler to say:

signum x | x == 0    = x
         | isNaN x   = x
         | x > 0     = 1
         | otherwise = negate 1

    Shachaf

Thanks Shachaf. This version is equivalent to the one I proposed, and it saves one test; so it's definitely preferable. I'll put this one in the ticket that'll finally be created for GHC.

-Levent.