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| -rw-r--r-- | libraries/base/Data/Word.hs | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/base/Data/Word.hs b/libraries/base/Data/Word.hs index 8af39b6d4d..f20844f991 100644 --- a/libraries/base/Data/Word.hs +++ b/libraries/base/Data/Word.hs @@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ import GHC.Word common cases so should be fast enough. Coercing word types to and from integer types preserves representation, not sign. -* It would be very natural to add a type @Natural@ providing an unbounded - size unsigned integer, just as 'Prelude.Integer' provides unbounded - size signed integers. We do not do that yet since there is no demand - for it. +* An unbounded size unsigned integer type is available with + 'Numeric.Natural.Natural'. * The rules that hold for 'Prelude.Enum' instances over a bounded type such as 'Prelude.Int' (see the section of the Haskell report dealing |