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

Peter Hall peter.hall at memorphic.com
Sun Jun 9 02:16:14 CEST 2013


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> Most recent spec was Haskell 2010, as pointed out by someone else. There
> is some talk of pushing for a 2014 revision which would include (among
> other things) removal of the monomorphism restriction — but the standards
> committee is notoriously conservative, and IIRC argued against that
> proposal in 2010.
>


But there has a been a lot of momentum in recent years towards removing it.
Aren't we a little optimistic? Presumably the only objection is the feeling
that it raises the barrier of difficulty for new implementations?

Peter
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