How to box/unbox values?

[Julian Seward (Intl Vendor)]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Thomas Pasch [mailto:pasch@netzGeneration.com]
| Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:55 AM
| To: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org
| Subject: How to box/unbox values?
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| Hello,
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| is there an easy way to box/unbox Types.
| I need this for Int's, so is there=20
| a function that does:
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| Int# -> Int
| Int -> Int#

import GlaExts ( Int(..) )
iBox x =3D I# x
iUnbox (I# x) =3D x