#5806: Make TimeLocale an instance of Def
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Reporter: chrisdone | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: libraries/old-time
Version: 7.2.2 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: None/Unknown | Testcase:
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Whenever I use formatTime it's always with defaultTimeLocale. Why not make
TimeLocale an instance of Def from Data.Default?
http://hackage.haskell.org/package/data-default where def =
defaultTimeLocale.
This would mean having to add data-default to GHC's distribution, but it's
rather small and useful. The alternative is adding the instance in the
data-default package, but then data-default depends on time-locale and
we're still encouraging use of defaultTimeLocale. Swings and roundabouts.
Just an idea.
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