foralls in class assertions
Ashley Yakeley
ashley@semantic.org
Sat, 16 Feb 2002 02:47:56 -0800
It would be nice to be able to put foralls in class assertions. For
instance:
class HasIdentity a where
{
identity :: a;
};
class Composable a b ab | a b -> ab where
{
compose :: a -> b -> ab;
};
class
(
forall a. HasIdentity (m a a),
forall a b c. Composable (m b c) (m a b) (m a c)
) =>
Category m;
instance
(
forall a. HasIdentity (m a a),
forall a b c. Composable (m b c) (m a b) (m a c)
) =>
Category m;
Or even allow the foralls their own context:
foo :: (forall a. (C a b) => D a c) => T b c;
Does this make sense? Would it have unpleasant consequences?
--
Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA