Gaussian Integers

[Ashley Yakeley]

(moved to Cafe)

At 2002-03-19 03:33, dominic.j.steinitz@britishairways.com wrote:

>I've already declared Gaussian a as being of class Eq so why does it need
>to be told again?

No you haven't. You've declared 'Eq a => Eq (Gaussian a)' -- 'Gaussian a' 
is Eq if 'a' is, not 'Eq (Gaussian a)'.

Try this

  instance Eq a => Num (Gaussian a) where
      ...

...and actually looking at your code, I think you want this:

  instance Num a => Num (Gaussian a) where
      ...


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Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA