On 25 Aug, Stephan Tobies wrote:
> I need the length of a list and it should be of type Integer, while the
> prelude function yields type Int.
This looks like a bug in the prelude to me. It's not inconceivable
that in some implementation it might be possible to have a list with
length greater than the capacity of Int. So length in the prelude
ought to be Integral a => ...
In general, I think that Int is given too great a prominence -
wherever it is used one is gaining efficiency at the risk of losing
correctness, which is something of which the programmer ought to be
properly aware when coding.
Jon
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