On Apr 4, 2008, at 23:15 , Fritz Ruehr wrote:
In any case, opinions about the behavior aside, there is a Hugs internal error here, so I hope that much is useful.

I am not greatly surprised by that: a numeric constant like `2' is really a polymorphic value `(fromInteger 2 :: Num a => a)' per the Report, and if Hugs does that conversion at the wrong time then it might well end up attempting to turn a function call into a pattern (normally impossible in Haskell, as any attempt would either shadow the function or raise a syntax error).

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