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On Oct 19, 2007, at 12:11 , Sebastian Sylvan wrote:
On 19/10/2007, Kalman Noel <kalman.noel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
data ExistsNumber = forall a. Num a => Number a
I'm without a Haskell compiler, but shouldn't that be "exists a."?
The problem is that "exists" is not valid in either Haskell 98 or any
current extension, whereas "forall" is a very common extension. But
you can simulate "exists" via "forall", which is the thrust of these
approaches.
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