Generics and type classes

MR K P SCHUPKE k.schupke at imperial.ac.uk
Mon Feb 2 11:47:56 EST 2004


Because the 'cast' operator used in generics, works on having a concrete
type to cast to. What you need to do is:

module TypeTest where

import Data.Generics

class Data a => MyClass a

instance MyClass ExampleType1
instance MyClass ExampleType2

special :: ExampleType1 -> ExampleType1
special = ...

special2 :: ExampleType2 -> ExampleType2
special2 = ...

generic :: MyClass a => a -> a
generic = everywhere (mkT special `extT` special2 ...)

	Regards,
	Keean.


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