[Haskell-cafe] money type ?

[Bayley, Alistair]

> From: haskell-cafe-bounces at haskell.org 
> [mailto:haskell-cafe-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Simon Michael
> 
> Is there a type or library out there that's good for 
> representing money and 
> other quantities while avoiding rounding errors  ?

I think Data.Fixed would be a good choice:
 
http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Data-Fixed.ht
ml

I don't know /exactly/ how you'd go about adding a Money data type; I
guess you'd have something like:

> data E2 = E2
> instance HasResolution E2 where resolution _ = 100
> type Money = Fixed E2

Alistair
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