Hi again,
the solutions/proposals of Ian and Iavor seem to be exactly what I need
at a first glance. But looking at them more in detail reveals some other
problems.
I also have got a function
> getFieldValueMB :: SqlBind s => Statement -> String -> Maybe s
To get Ians approach working I would need a function of type
> getFieldValueMB' :: Statement -> String -> Maybe (forall s. SqlBind s
=> s)
and for Iavor approach I would need a function of type:
> getFieldValueMB' :: Statament -> String -> Maybe Binder
which are almost the same. The remaining problem is: How can I construct
either of these functions?
My thoughts were that for any class C the types
> Maybe (forall a. C a => a) (I will call it T1 for short)
and
> (forall a. C a => Maybe a) (I will call it T2 for short)
are isomorphic. Defining the isomorphism from T1 to T2 is quite simple:
iso1 :: Maybe (forall a. C a => a) -> (forall a. C a => Maybe a)
iso1 (Just s) = Just s
iso1 Nothing = Nothing
But I don't catch how to define the isomorphism of the other direction
(from T2 to T1). I would guess that defining this isomorphism would also
solve my problem concerning the SQL stuff.
So, is there anybody who knows how to define this isomorphism in a way
that GHC-6.6 can compile it?
Thanks for you help in advance,
Martin.
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