<div dir="ltr">This is by far the worst possible option. Incoherent instances lead to nightmarishly unpredictable behavior.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 1:45 AM, Imants Cekusins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:imantc@gmail.com" target="_blank">imantc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">What if (some) show instances where alternative representations are possible, were moved out of Prelude?</p>
<p dir="ltr">A selection of modules with alternative show instances would be available from stand alone modules. To be imported as needed.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For example, bytestring may be 'show'ed in different ways.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Less convenient than now, backward incompatible yet simple enough.</p>
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