Not always. For example, you can't mess with the declaration of a standard class, such as Num.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Edward Kmett <ekm...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can always put those helper functions in the class and then just not > export them from the module. On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Doug McIlroy <d...@cs.dartmouth.edu>wrote: > Is there any strong reason why the where clause in an instance > declaration cannot declare anything other than class > operators? If not, I suggest relaxing the restriction. > > It is not unusual for declarations of class operators to > refer to special auxiliary functions. Under current rules > such functions have to be declared outside the scope in > which they are used. > > Doug McIlroy _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
