On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> ... but functions don't have an Eq instance, and *can't* have one.
>
Not a general one that's interesting.
There are two Eq instances that'll compile for all functions (not that it's
advisable):
instance Eq ((->) a b) where
(==) _ _ = True
instance Eq ((->) a b) where
(==) _ _ = False
You can't get more interesting in the general case, because you can't
inspect the arguments.
If you are okay with distinguishing solely by application you can get a
little more interesting:
instance (Bounded a, Enum a, Eq b) => Eq ((->) a b) where
f == g = all (\ x -> f x == g x) [minBound .. maxBound]
*Main> (&&) == (&&)
True
*Main> (&&) == (||)
False
Though I'm still not sure I'd say it's a *good idea*...
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