Eq instance for (a,b,c,d,e) and upwards

[Libor Skarvada]

Olaf Chitil writes:
> 
> I think that this discussion about tuples shows that there is a problem
> with the Haskell 98 report which should be corrected. I hope Simon
> accepts it as a minor bug fix.
> 
> 1) The current wording of paragraph 6.1.4 is highly ambigious.
> 
> >     6.1.4  Tuples
> >  
> >    Tuples are algebraic datatypes with special syntax, as defined
> >    in Section 3.8. Each tuple type has a single constructor. There
> >    is no upper bound on the size of a tuple. However, some Haskell
> >    implementations may restrict the size of tuples and limit the
> >    instances associated with larger tuples. The Prelude and libraries
> >    define tuple functions such as zip for tuples up to a size of 7. All
> >    tuples are instances of Eq, Ord, Bounded, Read, and Show.

This may be nitpicking, but I would rephrase this last sentence to
something like
"Tuples whose all component types are instances of Eq, Ord, Bounded,
Read, or Show are themselves instances of Eq, Ord, Bounded, Read, or
Show respectively."
(Eg. (a->a, b) is not an instance of Eq.)

Regards,

-- Libor
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