Are casts required to run the code below? If so why? Thanks, Pat
-- Idetifiers for objects class (Integral i) => IDs i where startId :: i newId :: i -> i newId i = succ i sameId, notSameId :: i -> i -> Bool -- Assertion is not easily expressible in Haskell -- notSameId i newId i = True sameId i j = i == j notSameId i j = not (sameId i j) startId = 1 instance IDs Integer where -- are casts need here? sameId (newId startId::Integer) 3 sameId (3::Integer) (4::Integer) notSameId (3::Integer) (newId (3::Integer)) This message has been scanned for content and viruses by the DIT Information Services E-Mail Scanning Service, and is believed to be clean. http://www.dit.ie _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
