6.9.5. Sized primitive literal syntax¶
- ExtendedLiterals¶
- Since:
9.8.1
Allows defining unboxed numeric primitive values through
#Type
suffixes on numeric literals e.g.0xFF#Word8 :: Word8#
.
The MagicHash
extension enables some new literals, including 3#
:: Int#
, 3## :: Word#
. This does not extend to all unboxed values. For
example, there is no literal syntax for Word8#
: you must write something
such as wordToWord8 (3## :: Word#) :: Word8#
.
ExtendedLiterals
enables further syntax for defining primitive
numeric literals. Suffix any Haskell integer lexeme with a hash sign #
followed by a primitive numeric type (without its hash suffix) to obtain a value
of that type. For example, 0xFF#Word8 :: Word8#
. There must be no spaces
between the parts of the literal.
The primitive numeric types allowed are:
Int8#
Int16#
Int32#
Int64#
Int#
Word8#
Word16#
Word32#
Word64#
Word#
All types permit any positive and negative Haskell integer lexeme. Defining a
literal with a value that can’t fit in its requested type will emit an overflow
warning by default, the same as boxed numeric literals (see
-Woverflowed-literals
).
As with MagicHash
, this extension does not bring anything into
scope, nor change any semantics. The syntax only applies to numeric literals.
You may want to import GHC.Exts
(see Unboxed types and primitive operations) to refer to the
types of the literals you define.