Proposal: Add hasBitSize to Data.Bits.Bits

[Edward Kmett]

Fair enough.

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On Aug 26, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 07:49:49PM -0400, Edward Kmett wrote:
>> 
>> deprecate, but not remove bitSize this iteration, and make a separate
>> class FiniteBits for things with a finite, fixed number of bits:
>> 
>>> class Bits b => FiniteBits b where
>>>   finiteBitSize :: b -> Int
>>>   finiteBitSize = bitSize
> 
> Isn't giving that default implementation a bad idea? Any instance that
> uses it wiill just break when the deprecated bitSize is removed.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Ian
> 
> 
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