On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 12:20:54AM +0100, Brian Hulley wrote:
> data Integer = ... | -1 | 0 | 1 | ...
>
> tells me that the negative and positive integers are on an equal footing.
>
> Ie the language is sending out a "mixed message" about the integers, which
> is confusing.
Not only that but there is a run-time penalty for every polymorphic
negattive literal!
-3 desugars to negate (fromInteger 3) rather than (fromInteger -3) so
you end up having to do 2 dictionary lookups (one for fromInteger, one
for negate) and indirect function calls rather than just the one.
John
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