Private classes

[Edward A Kmett]

If you don't export the methods but do use DefaultSignatures for them in terms of a GHC.Generics version of the class that also works in many cases.

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On Aug 17, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> for some reason I was under the impression that if I don’t export the
> methods of a class, then no user of my module can create instances. But
> I was wrong and in fact they can; the methods will just all be bound to
> "error ...".
> 
> Is there really no way to create a class so that no-one else can create
> any instances?
> 
> Greetings,
> Joachim
> 
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