O'Haskell OOP Polymorphic Functions
Magnus Carlsson
magnus@cse.ogi.edu
Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:23:06 -0800
You can use overloading for the definition of theValue instead:
class TheValue a where theValue :: a -> Maybe Int
instance TheValue Base where theValue _ = Nothing
instance TheValue Derived where theValue x = Just (x.value)
/M
Ashley Yakeley writes:
> How do you do OOP-style polymorphic functions in O'Haskell? My first
> attempt looked something like this:
>
> struct Base
>
> struct Derived < Base =
> value :: Int
>
> theValue :: Base -> Maybe Int
> theValue x = Just (x.value) -- problem line
> theValue _ = Nothing
>
> In the problem line, x is considered to be of type Base, so x.value gives
> an error. I tried replacing it with
>
> theValue (x :: Derived) = Just (x.value)
>
> ...but that doesn't work either.
>
> --
> Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA