Perhaps one could drop the Int/Integer distinction altogether if there was a global switch for what "Int" should mean. But separate compilation and the FFI would complicate things quite a bit then, I guess.
Hello, Haskell newbie here.
Some languages handle the Int/Integer question automatically, determined by the size of the integer in question. Int is used until the integer excedes what the underlying architecture can handle, then the switch is made to Integer (bignum). Is this something that could be handled similarly by the Haskell compiler without violating anything? Just thinking out loud... -- Don Groves
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