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== About ==
== About ==
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Basically, type classes which can take multiple arguments, such as:
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Basically, [[type]] [[class]]es which can take multiple arguments, such as:
<hask>
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Without [[Functional dependencies]] or [[Associated types]], these multi-parameter type classes may cause too much ambiguity to pass the type-checker.
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Without [[functional dependencies]] or [[associated types]], these multi-parameter type classes may cause too much ambiguity to pass the type-checker.
== Also see ==
== Also see ==
[http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/MultiParamTypeClasses The Haskell' page]
[http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/MultiParamTypeClasses The Haskell' page]

Revision as of 17:23, 28 August 2007


1 About

Basically, type classes which can take multiple arguments, such as:

class Foo a b

Without functional dependencies or associated types, these multi-parameter type classes may cause too much ambiguity to pass the type-checker.

2 Also see

The Haskell' page