Make Eq type class single method

Tom Ellis tom-lists-haskell-cafe-2017 at jaguarpaw.co.uk
Wed Oct 20 14:43:20 UTC 2021


On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 04:39:21PM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> I am revisiting some educational material about Haskell, and I stumble
> over something that I keep stumbling over. I thought there was prior
> discussion, but I couldn’t find it (operators hard hard to google for).
> 
> Why does Eq have a (/=) method?

Perhaps sometimes it is easier to define (/=) and use the default
definition of (==) in terms of it?


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