Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition
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ISBN: 9780124104099
Author: Michael L. Scott
Publisher: Elsevier Science
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Type classes in Haskell:

  • Type classes is some sort of interface which defines behavior of the operators and functions.
  • Using the type classes mechanism, both...

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Purpose of type classes:

  • Eq
    • It is used for types which support equality testing. The symbol “==” or “/=” is used inside the definition when an “Eq” class constraint for a type variable in a function.
  • Ord
    • It is used for ordering the elements. It covers all the comparing function, such as “>”, “<”, “>=”, and “<=”...

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