On 7/17/07, Ryan Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Automatic conversion to numeric types via fromInteger could be
extended to other types; fromList and fromString could be applied
automatically to convert other literals:
class LiteralString a where fromString :: String -> a
class LiteralList a b where fromList :: [a] -> b
GHC HEAD has support for overloaded String literals. See:
http://haskell.org/ghc/dist/current/docs/users_guide/other-type-extensions.html#overloaded-strings
regards,
Bas van Dijk
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