base libraries

[Bulat Ziganshin]

Hello Udo,

Sunday, November 26, 2006, 5:21:29 PM, you wrote:
>> you shouldn't mix C++ template system with Haskell classes. C++ can't
>> check templates at the time where template defined that leads to
>> too late error messages. just imagine that improper definition of
>> 'sum' will barks on each call site with a message that you can't use
>> (&&) on Ints.

> Instead it will tell you that there is no instance for (Boolean Int),
> and it will do so at every call site, assuming (&&) was indeed
> overloaded.  Where's the difference?  And conversely, a properly defined
> 'sum' will tell you that there is no instance for (Num String) at every
> wrong call site, which again is just the same, of course assuming that
> nobody made String into an instance of Num.  Sounds like we're actually
> in violent agreement here.

seems that you never used type signatures. just try:

sum :: Num a =>  [a] -> a
sum = foldr1 (&&)



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