On 6/4/07, DavidA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, I'm afraid that you are understanding correctly. Annoying isn't it.
It is well-known (among Haskell mathematicians at least) that the numeric type
classes in the prelude are broken.
A few days ago I found myself forced to write:
instance Floating Fixed where ...
where 'Fixed' is a fixed point arithmetic class! :-)
When you find yourself having to make a type an instance of the
complete 'opposite' class you know you have serious problems!
--
Dan
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