[Haskell-cafe] missing support to Data.Binary for uvector package

[Don Stewart]

manlio_perillo:
> Hi.
>
> I'm still having problems with the uvector package.
>
>
> I have an IntMap (UArr xxx) data type, and I want to serialize it to  
> disk, in binary format.
>
> I'm using the uvector package from  
> http://patch-tag.com/repo/pumpkin-uvector/home
>
>
> The problem is with missing instance declarations, for Hyperstrict data  
> type and Data.Array.Vector.UArr.UPrim.
>
>
> For the former, the instance is simple, but for the latter I have no  
> idea about what to do.
>
> The full error message (GHC 6.8.2):
>
>     No instance for (uvector-0.2:Data.Array.Vector.UArr.UPrim
>                        (Word32  
> uvector-0.2:Data.Array.Vector.Prim.Hyperstrict.:*: Word8))
>       arising from a use of `encode' at bin/process-data-1.hs:72:18-36
>     Possible fix:
>       add an instance declaration for
>       (uvector-0.2:Data.Array.Vector.UArr.UPrim
>          (Word32 uvector-0.2:Data.Array.Vector.Prim.Hyperstrict.:*: Word8))
>
>

uvector is alpha/experimental. You should expect to write
instances/patches if you chose to use it!

-- Don