[Haskell-cafe] Re: Proposal: TypeDirectedNameResolution

[Colin Paul Adams]

>>>>> "Ryan" == Ryan Ingram <ryani.spam at gmail.com> writes:

    Ryan> Along those lines, what about being able to elide class
    Ryan> names when they can be unambiguously determined from the
    Ryan> functions defined?

    Ryan> instance _ [] where fmap = map pure x = [x] fs <*> xs = [ f
    Ryan> x | f <- fs, x <- xs ] return x = [x] m >>= f = concatMap f
    Ryan> m

    Ryan> This would define Functor, Applicative, and Monad for [].

What happens if I define a class Foo with a method named fmap? If this
were in scope then Functor would no longer be defined for [].

Could this situation cause a problem?
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Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire