On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Claus Reinke <claus.rei...@talk21.com> wrote:
>
> If ProjectPackage actually depends on the existence of those orphan
> instances, plan B is to delay instance resolution, from library to clients,
> so instead of importing the orphan instances
>
> module ProjectPackage where import MyMonadT_Parsec
> f .. = .. orphan instances are available, use them ..
>
> (which leads to the dreaded implicit export), you'd just assert their
> existence:
>
> module ProjectPackage where f :: .. Orphan x => .. ; f .. = .. use orphan
> instances ..
That gets awkward if you're dealing with a concrete type. Consider,
class C a where
foo :: a -> a
data T = T
bar :: C T => T
bar = foo T
I was able to get GHCi to accept this with FlexibleContexts, but it
obviously doesn't like it.
*Main> :bro Main
class C a where foo :: a -> a
data T = T
bar :: (C T) => T
*Main> :t bar
<interactive>:1:0:
No instance for (C T)
arising from a use of `bar' at <interactive>:1:0-2
Possible fix: add an instance declaration for (C T)
In the expression: bar
But at least it's possible. And the problems go away once the instance
is in scope.
--
Dave Menendez <d...@zednenem.com>
<http://www.eyrie.org/~zednenem/>
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