> As you say, we can't change the type of showInt. I suppose we could
> add:
>
> showIntAtBase :: Integral a=20
> =3D> a -- base
> -> (a -> Char) -- digit to char
> -> a -- number to show.
> -> ShowS
>
> showOct, showHex :: Integral a =3D> a -> ShowS
>
> Q1: But would we really want showDec too?
> Identical to existing showInt?
I only suggested it for consistency of naming. However, since showInt
is not the dual of readInt, we can't have consistency anyway.
Regards,
Malcolm
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