[Haskell-cafe] Bug in Hugs, Haskell behavior question

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Apr 4, 2008, at 23:15 , Fritz Ruehr wrote:
> In any case, opinions about the behavior aside, there is a Hugs  
> internal error here, so I hope that much is useful.

I am not greatly surprised by that:  a numeric constant like `2' is  
really a polymorphic value `(fromInteger 2 :: Num a => a)' per the  
Report, and if Hugs does that conversion at the wrong time then it  
might well end up attempting to turn a function call into a pattern  
(normally impossible in Haskell, as any attempt would either shadow  
the function or raise a syntax error).

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