[ ghc-Feature Requests-1340203 ] Debug.Trace.trace should work on Show

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Feature Requests item #1340203, was opened at 2005-10-28 04:38
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Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Juliusz Chroboczek (jch)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Debug.Trace.trace should work on Show

Initial Comment:
Debug.Trace.trace has type

  trace :: String -> a -> a

which forces me to insert calls to show.  Could it be
generalised to

  trace :: Show a => a -> b -> b

Thanks,

Juliusz Chroboczek


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