On 2 Apr 2008, at 13:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But one should also be able to write (f+g)(x). - This does not
work in Haskell, because Num requires an instance of Eq and Show.
So, declare them, even if they are vacuous. I did it several times,
I am
still alive, so no need to say "this does not work".
That is possible, of course - I did that, too. But it means that the
syntax and semantics do not work together; an invitation to pitfalls.
So this ought to be avoided, except if there are no other workarounds.
It would be better to write a new Prelude. :-)
Hans
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