[Haskell-cafe] (Num t) => [t] or [Int]

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On 2008 May 9, at 17:07, PR Stanley wrote:

> I thought [1, 2, 3] :: [Int]
> GHC says it's (Num t) > [t]
> Okay, when it comes to 3.3:[1,2,3] (Num t) => [t] makes more sense.  
> Is that the only reason?

The Haskell 98 standard says that numeric literals are of type Num t  
=> t (so you don't need to fromIntegral everything that looks like an  
Int but is used with e.g. Doubles).  Therefore a list of them is Num t  
=> [t].

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