[Haskell] same type multiply implementing a class
Derek Elkins
derek.a.elkins at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 17:34:03 EDT 2007
Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 15. März 2007 03:23 schrieb Daniel Mahler:
>> Is there any way for the same type to implement a typeclass multiple ways.
>
> You can wrap the type using newtype, thus creating a new type which can
> implement type class methods differently.
This technique is sometimes known as a typeclass wrapper and is related to
wrapper types and combines well with phantom types. See
http://www.haskell.org/hawiki/WrapperTypes
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