On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:58:17AM +0200, Twan van Laarhoven wrote:
> Dear list,
>
>
> One piece of utility code that I find myself writing over and over
> again is the pointwise Num instance for tuples, i.e.
>
> instance (Num a, Num b) => Num (a,b) where
> fromInteger x = (fromInteger x, fromInteger x)
> (a,b) + (a',b') = (a + a', b + b')
> (a,b) - (a',b') = (a - a', b - b')
> (a,b) * (a',b') = (a * a', b * b')
> negate (a,b) = (negate a, negate b)
> abs (a,b) = (abs a, abs b)
> signum (a,b) = (signum a, signum b)
>
> I therefore propose that this instance be added to the base library.
> If we do that, the equivalent instances for (,,) (,,,) etc. should
> perhaps also be added, as well as instances for other numeric
> classes such as Fractional and Floating.
While I see *some* value in being able to perform addition, etc. on
tuples, I still think that e.g. something like
fst (2 :: Point)
can easily lead to code obfuscation.
For that reason, -1.
Cheers,
Simon
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