I'm learning Haskell.
I was surprised that the following example did not compile:
data Vector2 = Vector2 { x :: Float, y :: Float }
data Vector3 = Vector3 { x :: Float, y :: Float, z :: Float }
error: "Multiple declarations of `Main.x'"
This seems to be a known issue and if I understand it correctly it has to do
with the fact that Haskell does not support function general overloading ala
C++. One either has to use type classes, or put each record in a separate
module and fiddle with the qualified namespaces.
I read multiple papers with proposals to fix this, but does GHC implement
any of these?
Thanks,
Peter
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