Top "Typeclass" questions

Type classes in Haskell are a language mechanism to support ad hoc polymorphism.

How does deriving work in Haskell?

Algebraic Data Types (ADTs) in Haskell can automatically become instances of some typeclasses (like Show, Eq) by deriving from them. …

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Haskell types frustrating a simple 'average' function

I'm playing around with beginner Haskell, and I wanted to write an average function. It seemed like the simplest thing …

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Haskell: Deriving Show for custom type

I have this type definition: data Operace = Op (Int->Int->Int) String (Int->Int->Int) deriving …

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Functions with generic parameter types

I am trying to figure out how to define a function that works on multiple types of parameters (e.g. …

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What's the difference between type and data type in Haskell?

I'm a little confused as to the difference between a type and a data type in Haskell. From the literature …

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What is the Comonad typeclass in Haskell?

What is the Comonad typeclass in Haskell? As in Comonad from Control.Comonad in the comonad package (explanations of any …

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Java's Interface and Haskell's type class: differences and similarities?

While I am learning Haskell, I noticed its type class, which is supposed to be a great invention that originated …

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Using Eithers with Scala "for" syntax

As I understand it, Scala "for" syntax is extremely similar to Haskell's monadic "do" syntax. In Scala, "for" syntax is …

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Scala double definition (2 methods have the same type erasure)

I wrote this in scala and it won't compile: class TestDoubleDef{ def foo(p:List[String]) = {} def foo(p:List[…

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null instead of ==

I have just started to learn Haskell out of interest. I follow learnyouahaskell.com. There I found this: null checks …

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