Georg Martius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was really annoyed by the fact that for Data.Map and Data.Set are no Read
> instances declared, but Show instances are! I believe there should be some
> kind of unwritten rule that in the standart lib the Show and Read instances
> come pairwise and are fully compatible.
FWIW, earlier versions of Haskell had a single class Text with
methods for both showing and reading, so it was harder to ignore
their complementary roles.
Regards,
Malcolm
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