As a plain, ordinary punter could I ask for one of two things:
1) More or less kill Int as a general-purpose type and adopt unbounded
integers (Integer) as the standard integral type. If you do this then
please put
type Int = Integer
into the standard prelude.
For those that need old-fasioned efficient, bounded integers these can be
provided in a separate library module.
As has been said by others, would those that would like to see Int
knocked on the head make sure that the performance hit won't be too
severe. [Sorry, I just don't have the time to do it myself at the moment
:-(.]
2) Stay with the current situation.
The confusion that will reign if a non-upwards compatible change is made to the
Int type doesn't bear thinking about. I say this as a teacher and a preparer
of software packages.
Cheers,
Chris Dornan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University College Cork +353 21 903165
