[please use the following URL instead
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/lib/hg-libs.html
as it contains a more up-to-date version.
-moderator]
On the subject of Int vs. Integer, have folk actually looked at the
GHC/Hugs libraries for fixed-size integers and words, namely Int and
Word respectively? Documentation is at
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/fp/software/ghc/3.02/users_guide/libs.html
If Int were to disappear, most people could just 'import Int' and
replace Int with Int32 everywhere in their programs. The libraries
provide types Int{8,16,32,64} and Word{8,16,32,64}, instances of all
the integer numeric classes and a full range of bit operations. (The
library interface is due to Alastair Reid).
I think this is the way we want to go *eventually*, but for Haskell 98
let's stick where we are.
Cheers,
Simon
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University of Glasgow http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~simonm/
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