Hi.
I have an array (Data.Array.Vector.UArr) of Word8 elements.
Elements are stored as Word8 to keep memory usage down.
Now I need to compute the sum of all the array elements; what is the
best method?
The sum must be of type Int.
How efficient is to simply convert to an UArr Int, using:
mapU fromIntegral v :: UArr Int
?
What about, instead, of something like:
genericSumU :: (UA e, Integral e) => UArr e -> Int
genericSumU = foldU add 0
where
add x y = x + fromIntegral y
?
Unfortunately the latter does not compile:
Couldn't match expected type `Int' against inferred type `e'
`e' is a rigid type variable bound by
the type signature for `genericSumU' at
bin/process-data-1.hs:64:19
In the expression: foldU add 0
In the definition of `genericSumU':
genericSumU = foldU add 0
where
add x y = x + fromIntegral y
Moreover, this is not really a generic version.
I would like to have:
genericSumU :: (Num i, UA e, Num e) => UArr e -> i
is this possible?
Thanks Manlio
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