[Haskell-cafe] Bytestrings and [Char]

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Stephen Tetley <stephen.tetley at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> I rather doubt a valuable set of type classes that is suitable for all
> containers exists, I'm afraid.


I don't think it's so clear cut. Stepanov's "Elements of Programming" lays
out a pretty clear (and familiar to many Haskellers) path through the
algebraic thicket of types, classes, and their properties, albeit in the
much clunkier setting of C++ and traits. The disadvantage to this approach
is substantial: just as with the from-principles approaches to redoing
Haskell's numeric hierarchy, you end up with a fearsome and complex set of
typeclasses that are difficult to learn and follow.
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