On Nov 6, 2007 12:15 PM, David Benbennick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In ghc 6.8.1, the error messages are more helpful: > > foo.hs:5:0: > Illegal instance declaration for `MyShow String' > (All instance types must be of the form (T t1 ... tn) > where T is not a synonym. > Use -XTypeSynonymInstances if you want to disable this.) > In the instance declaration for `MyShow String'
Thanks for the tip. I might give 6.8.1 a try; I still cannot get it to work in 6.6.1. The problem may exist between the keyboard and the chair. G _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe