2008/4/2, Hans Aberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 2 Apr 2008, at 14:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > It would be better to write a new Prelude. :-) > > > > Oh, yes, our common dream... > > One may not need to write a wholly new Prelude, by something like: > > module NewPrelude where > > import Prelude hiding -- Num, (+). > > class AdditiveSemiMonoid a where > (+) :: a -> a -> a
Err, why *semi* monoid? Plain "monoid" would not be accurate? <rant> While we're at it, what about adding even more classes, like "group" or "ring"? Algebra in a whole class hierachy. :-) </rant> Loup _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
