[Haskell-beginners] Implementing Read

[Daniel Fischer]

On Sunday 11 September 2011, 23:27:53, Peter Hall wrote:
> Thanks,
> Good spot on the order. I'll get to that, but I still didn't have
> success with your other suggestion.

Oops, yes.

readsPrec returns a list of pairs, [(parsed value, remaining input)],

so

readsPrec _ (a:b) = 
    [(Card{suit = toSuit a, rank = r}, trl) | (r, trl) <- reads b]
  where
    toSuit 'c' = Club
    ...