[Haskell-beginners] Explicit specification of function types

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2009 Mar 24, at 0:21, Michael Mossey wrote:
> I'm a beginner just learning about type inference (through getting  
> lots of error messages and using :t a lot). I find it fascinating,  
> and it seems a shame to disregard this power by declaring all types.  
> However I realize that it's the more global or critical types that  
> should be declared, and more local areas can be left to inference.  
> Perhaps also the compiler's ability to infer is related to its  
> ability to detect compile-time type errors. In other words, if you  
> program a compiler to be sensitive enough to detect all type errors  
> at compile time, then by necessity you are giving it the smarts to  
> infer types. Is that right?


It may have the knowledge but not the mechanism (consider C++).

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