Data/String.hs

{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
{-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude, FlexibleInstances #-}

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module : Data.String
-- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2007
-- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
--
-- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org
-- Stability : experimental
-- Portability : portable
--
-- The @String@ type and associated operations.
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

module Data.String (
 String
 , IsString(..)

 -- * Functions on strings
 , lines
 , words
 , unlines
 , unwords
 ) where

import GHC.Base
import Data.List (lines, words, unlines, unwords)

-- | Class for string-like datastructures; used by the overloaded string
-- extension (-XOverloadedStrings in GHC).
class IsString a where
 fromString :: String -> a

instance IsString [Char] where
 fromString xs = xs