At 15:47 +0100 98/10/07, Simon Marlow wrote:
>On the subject of Int vs. Integer, have folk actually looked at the
>GHC/Hugs libraries for fixed-size integers and words, namely Int and
>Word respectively?
...
>If Int were to disappear, most people could just 'import Int' and
>replace Int with Int32
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On the subject of Int vs. Integer, have folk actually looked at the
GHC/Hugs libraries for fixed-size integers and words, namely Int and
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At 09:40 +0100 98/10/07, S.J.Thompson wrote:
>1. There is a meta argument that we simply have not reached a consensus on
>this issue: there are options -- such as a `word' view of Int -- which need
>to be looked at, and there are details to do with libraries which need to be
>niggled over. It ther
Hi Simon, This really seems to have touched off a firestorm! I think
the meta-argument made by Simon T (and by you) is sensible, so I don't
object to maintaining the status quo. But you implied that changing
the libraries led to `a ball of spaghetti', and I don't see that, can
you please explain
I would like to support Simon PJ's suggestion about Ints and Integers for
three reasons.
1. There is a meta argument that we simply have not reached a consensus on
this issue: there are options -- such as a `word' view of Int -- which need
to be looked at, and there are details to do with librar
