[Haskell-beginners] Inconsistencies in type inference

[Brent Yorgey]

I should add that it is recommended to disable the monomorphism
restriction, by putting

  :set -XNoMonomorphismRestriction

in your .ghci file.  It has very dubious benefits and usually only
serves to confuse.

-Brent

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 01:36:26PM +0200, David Virebayre wrote:
> The monomorphism restriction forces ghci to infer a default type.
> 
> Prelude> :set -XNoMonomorphismRestriction
> Prelude> let mul = (*)
> Prelude> :t mul
> mul :: Num a => a -> a -> a
> 
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