Number conversions, like floats to doubles

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

W liście z sob, 08-11-2003, godz. 22:41, Ben Escoto pisze:

> If I want to convert a Float to a Double, should I use
> 
> fromRational . toRational

realToFrac :: (Fractional b, Real a) => a -> b

It is actually defined as fromRational . toRational but GHC knows to
generate specialized code for particular types.

> And similarly, (fromInteger . toInteger) is the right way to convert
> the integral types?

fromIntegral :: (Num b, Integral a) => a -> b

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