Re: Int vs Integer

[Sigbjorn Finne]

Felix Schroeter writes:
> Hello!
> 
> On Sun, Sep 13, 1998 at 11:13:35PM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
> > [...]
> 
> > The plan is to use something like
> 
> >     data Integer = Small Int# | Big { ... }
> 
> > where '...' is the GMP representation.  You then need a full set of
> > [...]
> 
> Sounds fine. Just a question, will there remain an Int type (machine Ints,
> boxed, w/o overflow checks) in addition to the new Integer implementation,
> for those who explicitly declare something as Int to squeeze out the last
> few cycles?
> 

Yes, Int will still be around. I don't think there's anyone proposing
that it should be removed for Standard Haskell.

--Sigbjorn