Tom, Thanks for your quick answer.
The problem is ambiguity. The type checker can't determine which val function to use, i.e. which dictionary to pass to val.
I see. Still, maybe a type-error message in terms of good old "unresolved top-level overloading" would be a bit more useful here... ;-)
Cheers, Stefan _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe