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Hello,

I have a problem with signature contexts in mutually
recursive groups. I want to write a scanner, which is
able to read inputs of the form "int(3)" or
"float(2,0)" and return corresponding values of the
datatype:

data Token = TInt Int
	   | TFloat Float
   deriving (Read,Show)

Both constructors have the same type. Therefore, I want
to pass them to another function, which reads the
corresponding number with the function reads:

scan :: String -> [Token]
scan ('i':'n':'t':str) = scanNumber TInt str
scan ('f':'l':'o':'a':'t':str) = scanNumber TInt str

scanNumber :: Read a => (a -> Token) -> String ->
[Token]
scanNumber tokenCons ('(':str) = case reads str of
		                   ((n,(')':str1)):_) -> tokenCons
                                                                           
n:scan str1
		                   _            -> error "no literal"

main = print (scan "int(4)")

In Hugs this program works fine, but ghc does not
accept it, because of a mutually recursive group. Is
this a feature or a bug?
What does the Haskell 98 standard say?

Thanks and regards,

Frank Huch

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Trac field	Value
Version	5.0
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	ResolvedWon'tFix
Component	Compiler (Type checker)
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