http://www.zvon.org/other/haskell/Outputglobal/
They are part of the Prelude module.
Type classes are not what you're used to calling "classes" in object-oriented languages.
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| Author: | 1of42 [ Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:48 pm ] |
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In which module do functions like sqrt, log etc. reside? It appears that they are in a class called Fractional, but I'm not sure which module to import to get a them... |
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| Author: | wtd [ Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:54 pm ] |
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http://www.zvon.org/other/haskell/Outputglobal/ They are part of the Prelude module. Type classes are not what you're used to calling "classes" in object-oriented languages. |
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| Author: | 1of42 [ Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:23 pm ] |
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kill me now. note to self: sqrt != squrt |
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| Author: | wtd [ Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:31 pm ] |
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1of42 wrote: kill me now.
May I ask why such a drastic course of action is necessary? |
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| Author: | 1of42 [ Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:34 pm ] |
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because for some reason, while I was asking why sqrt wasn't in Prelude, the problem was I was unconsciously typing squrt into my code. >.< |
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| Author: | wtd [ Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:42 pm ] |
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Yep. That'll cause problems. |
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