[Mid-discussion Summary] Proposal: add new Data.Bits.Bits(bitZero) method

[Mikhail Vorozhtsov]

Wanna paint this bikeshed too! I used `allZeroes` and `allOnes` here[1].

http://hackage.haskell.org/package/data-dword-0.2.2/docs/Data-DoubleWord.html#t:BinaryWord

On 02/25/2014 01:12 AM, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 02:51:24PM -0500, Anthony Cowley wrote:
>> I am -1 on the name zero. I don't think importing Data.Bits unqualified is uncommon at all, and zero is prime naming real estate. I am +0.5 on the addition overall, as most uses of Bits are with types that also have Num instances.
> For those that don't have a Num instance, "zero" may not make as much
> sense.
>
> Perhaps something like noBits would be better. And FiniteBits may also
> want an allBits?
>
>
> Thanks
> Ian
>
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