Proposal: Add Data.String, containing IsString(fromString), to base

[Lennart Augustsson]

The Num class does not contain toInteger.
The IsString class is only intended for string literals,
and the fromString is what you need.

	-- Lennart

On Jan 30, 2007, at 22:18 , Neil Mitchell wrote:

> Hi
>
>> +class IsString a where
>> +    fromString :: String -> a
>
> Any reason there isn't a corresponding toString? Seems like the
> logical counterpart.
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil
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