-1.<br><br>A ShowS instance would interfere with any other anonymous reader-monad style IsString instance.<br><br>-Edward Kmett<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Nicolas Pouillard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas.pouillard@gmail.com">nicolas.pouillard@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Excerpts from Bas van Dijk's message of Mon Oct 05 09:27:07 +0200 2009:<br>
<div class="im">> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Bas van Dijk <<a href="mailto:v.dijk.bas@gmail.com">v.dijk.bas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hello,<br>
> ><br>
> > It would be really nice to use OverloadedStrings when constructing a<br>
> > ShowS, for example in a definition of showsPrec in an instance for<br>
> > Show.<br>
> ><br>
> > The patch attached in the ticket[3544] adds the necessary instance to<br>
> > base/GHC/Show.lhs:<br>
> ><br>
> > instance IsString ShowS where<br>
> > fromString = showString<br>
> ><br>
> > Note that this does require TypeSynonymInstances.<br>
> ><br>
> > Discussion period 2 weeks.<br>
> ><br>
> > regards,<br>
> ><br>
> > Bas<br>
> ><br>
> > [3544] <a href="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3544" target="_blank">http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3544</a><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Just a reminder for this proposal. One week has passed and one to go.<br>
><br>
> Any comments, +1 or -1?<br>
<br>
</div>+1<br>
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Nicolas Pouillard<br>
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