Possible bug/omission in Numeric library?

[Malcolm Wallace]

> As you say, we can't change the type of showInt.  I suppose we could
> add:
> 
> showIntAtBase :: Integral a=20
> 	      =3D> a            -- base
> 	      -> (a -> Char)  -- digit to char
> 	      -> a            -- number to show.
> 	      -> ShowS
> 
> showOct, showHex :: Integral a =3D> a -> ShowS
> 
> 	Q1:  But would we really want showDec too?
> 	Identical to existing showInt?

I only suggested it for consistency of naming.  However, since showInt
is not the dual of readInt, we can't have consistency anyway.

Regards,
    Malcolm