[Haskell-cafe] Multi-param typeclass vs locally constrained typeclass methods
Jacques Carette
carette at mcmaster.ca
Wed Sep 18 14:21:51 CEST 2013
Could someone please explain what the difference (if any!), in semantics
is between
class Foo f => Bar f g where
method1 :: f a -> g a
and
class Bar' g where
method2 :: Foo f => f a -> g a
? Maybe the translation of the above to something lower level might
help. [Note: "f a -> g a" is just an example, and is not meaningful to
the question].
The best answer would contain a design guideline for typeclasses, which
would spell out conditions in which to use each variant.
Jacques
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