Re: IntMap intersectionWith type is too restrictive

sedillard:

Hi,

This is a simple bug report, more or less. The type of Data.IntMap.intersectionWith is too restrictive. Presently (GHC 8.2, http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/containers/Data/) it's declared as (a->b->a) -> IntMap a -> IntMap b -> IntMap a, but if you just remove the type declarations it's inferred as (a->b->c) -> IntMap a -> IntMap b -> IntMap c. Similarly for intersectionWithKey. The more general a->b->c type is also the type of Data.Map.intersectionWith, and it's quite useful, such as (intersectionWith (,))

Can you submit a patch? This kind of thing comes up occasionally, and generalising the type is often safe and easy. -- Don