Default implementation of bitSize

[David Feuer]

The usual next step after a method being deprecated is for it to be
removed. Can we remove it now? Or do we have to wait another cycle?

David

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Andrew Martin <andrew.thaddeus at gmail.com> wrote:
> The bitSize typeclass method has been deprecated since 4.7. However, library
> author still have to implement it to avoid a warning. I propose that a
> default implementation using bitSizeMaybe be added. It would look like this:
>
>     bitSize x = case bitSizeMaybe x of
>       Nothing -> error "bitSize is deprecated and the type in question does
> not have a finite bit size"
>       Just a -> a
>
> --
> -Andrew Thaddeus Martin
>
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