[Haskell-beginners] Why is the type constraint different from signature?

Lai Boon Hui laiboonh at gmail.com
Mon Aug 29 14:56:46 UTC 2016


Hi All,

can some one explain to me why

ghci> let f:: (Ord a, Num b) => a -> b -> a ; f=undefined
ghci> :t f 1 2
ghci> f 1 2 :: (Num a, Ord a) => a

The initial type signature just required *a* to be a type that is an
instance of Ord but after it had the additional constraint of Ord as well???


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Best Regards,
Boon Hui
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