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Bounded is the typeclass you want.

• jhpriestley 15y ago
  Ah, right. I don't actually do much numerically sensitive programming. Why aren't Haskell's SmallInt functions parameterized over Int size, anyway? Of the points brought up in the blog post, this one seems the easiest to fix.
  • jerf 15y ago
    There's a lot of quirky things in the older parts of Haskell that the community would do differently today if it was as simple as pushing a button. Reverse compatibility is a concern.
    • eru 15y ago
      For example Haskell's monad aren't functors.