Haskell function signature and "Could not deduce" compiler error
I'm writing a Haskell library which uses Data.Vector
's. I successfully wrote library function, but I don't know how to add signature to it. Below is a simple example illustrating the problem:
import qualified Data.Vector.Generic as V -- zip two vectors and return first element as a tuple test :: (V.Vector v a, Fractional a) => v a -> v a -> (a, a) test a b = (V.zip a b) V.! 0
This code causes following compilation error:
Could not deduce (V.Vector v (a, a)) from the context (V.Vector v a, Fractional a) arising from a use of `V.zip' at MyLib.hs:7:12-20 Possible fix: add (V.Vector v (a, a)) to the context of the type signature for `test' or add an instance declaration for (V.Vector v (a, a)) In the first argument of `(V.!)', namely `(V.zip a b)' In the expression: (V.zip a b) V.! 0 In the definition of `test': test a b = (V.zip a b) V.! 0
Code is compl开发者_JAVA百科ied if I comment out the signature of test
function. What is a correct signature here?
I'm using GHC 6.12.3, vector library 0.7.0.1.
Thanks.
ghci says:
Prelude Data.Vector.Generic> :t \a b -> (Data.Vector.Generic.zip a b) Data.Vector.Generic.! 0
\a b -> (Data.Vector.Generic.zip a b) Data.Vector.Generic.! 0
:: (Vector v a, Vector v b, Vector v (a, b)) =>
v a -> v b -> (a, b)
Matching with your case, the signature should be
test :: (V.Vector v a, Fractional a, V.Vector v (a, a)) => v a -> v a -> (a, a)
(oh and you need FlexibleContexts)
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