On 30 Jan 2002, at 12:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yet for floats there may not be such an x (y = positive zero), or there may > be more than one (y=2^n with n chosen so that 2^n+1 is not exactly representable but 2^n-1 is, then > x could be 2^n or 2^n-1).
Well, I am just a newbie in Haskell, but this reason, together with the fact that n+k patterns were designed to be used in inductive definitions do make me strongly favor the restriction of n+k patterns to the class Integral (Malcolm Wallace pointed out that there may be a use for Rational n+k patterns, but I think it would only be advisable in the case that Rational numbers were implemented explicitly with numerators and denominators). Besides that, what about deprecating n+k patterns in future Haskell reports? :) just my $0.02, Carlos Eduardo Scheidegger _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell