[Haskell-beginners] Is this a GHC bug? Problem inferring type

[Peter Hall]

>
>> Show a => a -> a -> String
>>
>
> ...is not monomorphic. If you want that to be inferred, turn off the
> monomorphism restriction. (And yes, many people *do* consider the
> monomorphism restriction of standard Haskell to be a bug in the
> specification.)
>
>
When are we due a new spec? 1998 was quite a while ago...

Peter
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