How to I define the equivalent of this function (taken from learnyouahaskell) inside GHCi?
import Data.List
numUniques :: (Eq a) => [a] -> Int
numUniques = length . nub
Without the type declaration, GHCi accepts the function definition, but it ends up with an unhelpful type:
Prelude Data.List> import Data.List
Prelude Data.List> let numUniques' = length . nub
Prelude Data.List> :t numUniques'
numUniques' :: [()] -> Int
The resulting function only accepts a list of units as a parameter.
Is there a way provide type declarations in GHCi? Or is there another way to define functions like these which doesn't require type declarations?
I saw no obvious clues in the GHCi guide, and experimented with expressions like the following (to no avail):
> let numUniques' = ((length . nub) :: (Eq a) => [a] -> Int)
> :t numUniques'
numUniques' :: [()] -> Int