[Haskell-cafe] Number overflow

[Lennart Augustsson]

Of course you should be able to specify what types you want.  But it would
be nice if the default was correct rather than fast.

On 7/12/07, Bulat Ziganshin <bulat.ziganshin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Thomas,
>
> Thursday, July 12, 2007, 3:14:57 AM, you wrote:
> > The differences between Int and Integer operations are mostly constant
> factors.
>
> well, i will be unlucky if in my real-world program Integers would be
> used instead of Ints. defaulting provides a great way to solve this
> dilemma, so good-for-anyone approach may be: default defaulting to
> Integer instead of Int, and use (Num a) instead of Int in all standard
> functions such as length. with jhc-like automatic specialization
> feature this should provide enough speed
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Bulat                            mailto:Bulat.Ziganshin at gmail.com
>
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