Lennart Augustsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > (I have never known. Sorry to be dense. I guess you put in 7 or
> > something if some operator has precedence 7. I know, I could read
> > the code...)
>
> Get an old version of the Haskell report; it's spelled out in
> detail there. I'm no
Peter Hancock wrote:
> > "Lennart" == Lennart Augustsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> I always thought that the Int argument to showsPrec is the precision.
> >> So what is it good for? The library report does not explain it.
>
> > It's used to indicate the precedence when yo
> "Lennart" == Lennart Augustsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I always thought that the Int argument to showsPrec is the precision.
>> So what is it good for? The library report does not explain it.
> It's used to indicate the precedence when you print with operators to avoid
Michael Marte wrote:
> > Michael Marte wrote:
> >
> > > I have a simple problem but it seems to be quite involved: I want to print
> > > floating point numbers with a given number of decimal points.
> > >
> > > First, I found out that both ghc and hugs do not consider the precision
> > > argument
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Michael Marte wrote:
> I always thought that the Int argument to showsPrec is the precision.
> So what is it good for? The library report does not explain it.
I sometimes use it to distinguish between the top
and the lower levels of nested data structures,
> Michael Marte wrote:
>
> > I have a simple problem but it seems to be quite involved: I want to print
> > floating point numbers with a given number of decimal points.
> >
> > First, I found out that both ghc and hugs do not consider the precision
> > argument to showPrec.
>
> What precision a
Michael Marte wrote:
> I have a simple problem but it seems to be quite involved: I want to print
> floating point numbers with a given number of decimal points.
>
> First, I found out that both ghc and hugs do not consider the precision
> argument to showPrec.
What precision argument? There's
Sat, 24 Jun 2000 15:04:14 +0200 (CEST), Michael Marte
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pisze:
> First, I found out that both ghc and hugs do not consider the precision
> argument to showPrec. In fact, the standard prelude of Haskell 98 proposes
> to drop the precision argument in showsPrec in the Show instan
I have a simple problem but it seems to be quite involved: I want to print
floating point numbers with a given number of decimal points.
First, I found out that both ghc and hugs do not consider the precision
argument to showPrec. In fact, the standard prelude of Haskell 98 proposes
to drop the p
