Unresolved overloading - trying to make an instance for Int for own class










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I have a class which pre-implements one function (by now) and I want to use it via Instances, I started with Int, which didnt work.
It compiles, but when i try to call the function with fac 3,
I get the following ERROR:



Unresolved overloading
* Type : Fibo a => a
*
Expression : fac 3



class (Eq a, Ord a, Show a, Num a) => Fibo a where
fac :: a -> a
fac n
| n == 0 = 1
| otherwise = n * fac (n-1)

instance Fibo Int where
fac n = fac n


I cannot understand why it isnt working for my class with Int when its working for Show with a new type like:



newtype IN_0 = IN_0 Int
instance Show IN_0 where
show (IN_0 n) = show n


At least i think that the misstake is in the instance part, I thought that all i need to do is removing the constructor and replacing the name...
Is something missing, can u tell me the difference of that what i did for show and why it didnt work for my own class?










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    I have a class which pre-implements one function (by now) and I want to use it via Instances, I started with Int, which didnt work.
    It compiles, but when i try to call the function with fac 3,
    I get the following ERROR:



    Unresolved overloading
    * Type : Fibo a => a
    *
    Expression : fac 3



    class (Eq a, Ord a, Show a, Num a) => Fibo a where
    fac :: a -> a
    fac n
    | n == 0 = 1
    | otherwise = n * fac (n-1)

    instance Fibo Int where
    fac n = fac n


    I cannot understand why it isnt working for my class with Int when its working for Show with a new type like:



    newtype IN_0 = IN_0 Int
    instance Show IN_0 where
    show (IN_0 n) = show n


    At least i think that the misstake is in the instance part, I thought that all i need to do is removing the constructor and replacing the name...
    Is something missing, can u tell me the difference of that what i did for show and why it didnt work for my own class?










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      I have a class which pre-implements one function (by now) and I want to use it via Instances, I started with Int, which didnt work.
      It compiles, but when i try to call the function with fac 3,
      I get the following ERROR:



      Unresolved overloading
      * Type : Fibo a => a
      *
      Expression : fac 3



      class (Eq a, Ord a, Show a, Num a) => Fibo a where
      fac :: a -> a
      fac n
      | n == 0 = 1
      | otherwise = n * fac (n-1)

      instance Fibo Int where
      fac n = fac n


      I cannot understand why it isnt working for my class with Int when its working for Show with a new type like:



      newtype IN_0 = IN_0 Int
      instance Show IN_0 where
      show (IN_0 n) = show n


      At least i think that the misstake is in the instance part, I thought that all i need to do is removing the constructor and replacing the name...
      Is something missing, can u tell me the difference of that what i did for show and why it didnt work for my own class?










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      I have a class which pre-implements one function (by now) and I want to use it via Instances, I started with Int, which didnt work.
      It compiles, but when i try to call the function with fac 3,
      I get the following ERROR:



      Unresolved overloading
      * Type : Fibo a => a
      *
      Expression : fac 3



      class (Eq a, Ord a, Show a, Num a) => Fibo a where
      fac :: a -> a
      fac n
      | n == 0 = 1
      | otherwise = n * fac (n-1)

      instance Fibo Int where
      fac n = fac n


      I cannot understand why it isnt working for my class with Int when its working for Show with a new type like:



      newtype IN_0 = IN_0 Int
      instance Show IN_0 where
      show (IN_0 n) = show n


      At least i think that the misstake is in the instance part, I thought that all i need to do is removing the constructor and replacing the name...
      Is something missing, can u tell me the difference of that what i did for show and why it didnt work for my own class?







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          As far as I can see there are two problems.



          Firstly you need to write fac (3 :: Int) in order to disambiguate the type of 3. That will get you rid of the type error.



          Secondly you need to get rid of the line fac n = fac n in your instance definition. That results in an undefined method. Rather leaving the instance definition empty results in the default instance being used.






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          • Thank you for your fast answer, I removed the fac n = fac n line. But fac 3 was just a test, calling the function with the Value 3. When ever i wrote a function until now I could call it like that...

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:28












          • Indeed I understand it is a test. Nonetheless my point was you should need write that call as fac (3::Int) instead to specify that the literal 3 is of type Int, rather than say an Integer.

            – Jorge Adriano
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:36











          • Thank you very much, I remember what (3::Int) means.

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:41











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          As far as I can see there are two problems.



          Firstly you need to write fac (3 :: Int) in order to disambiguate the type of 3. That will get you rid of the type error.



          Secondly you need to get rid of the line fac n = fac n in your instance definition. That results in an undefined method. Rather leaving the instance definition empty results in the default instance being used.






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          • Thank you for your fast answer, I removed the fac n = fac n line. But fac 3 was just a test, calling the function with the Value 3. When ever i wrote a function until now I could call it like that...

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:28












          • Indeed I understand it is a test. Nonetheless my point was you should need write that call as fac (3::Int) instead to specify that the literal 3 is of type Int, rather than say an Integer.

            – Jorge Adriano
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:36











          • Thank you very much, I remember what (3::Int) means.

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:41
















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          As far as I can see there are two problems.



          Firstly you need to write fac (3 :: Int) in order to disambiguate the type of 3. That will get you rid of the type error.



          Secondly you need to get rid of the line fac n = fac n in your instance definition. That results in an undefined method. Rather leaving the instance definition empty results in the default instance being used.






          share|improve this answer























          • Thank you for your fast answer, I removed the fac n = fac n line. But fac 3 was just a test, calling the function with the Value 3. When ever i wrote a function until now I could call it like that...

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:28












          • Indeed I understand it is a test. Nonetheless my point was you should need write that call as fac (3::Int) instead to specify that the literal 3 is of type Int, rather than say an Integer.

            – Jorge Adriano
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:36











          • Thank you very much, I remember what (3::Int) means.

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:41














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          As far as I can see there are two problems.



          Firstly you need to write fac (3 :: Int) in order to disambiguate the type of 3. That will get you rid of the type error.



          Secondly you need to get rid of the line fac n = fac n in your instance definition. That results in an undefined method. Rather leaving the instance definition empty results in the default instance being used.






          share|improve this answer













          As far as I can see there are two problems.



          Firstly you need to write fac (3 :: Int) in order to disambiguate the type of 3. That will get you rid of the type error.



          Secondly you need to get rid of the line fac n = fac n in your instance definition. That results in an undefined method. Rather leaving the instance definition empty results in the default instance being used.







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          • Thank you for your fast answer, I removed the fac n = fac n line. But fac 3 was just a test, calling the function with the Value 3. When ever i wrote a function until now I could call it like that...

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:28












          • Indeed I understand it is a test. Nonetheless my point was you should need write that call as fac (3::Int) instead to specify that the literal 3 is of type Int, rather than say an Integer.

            – Jorge Adriano
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:36











          • Thank you very much, I remember what (3::Int) means.

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:41


















          • Thank you for your fast answer, I removed the fac n = fac n line. But fac 3 was just a test, calling the function with the Value 3. When ever i wrote a function until now I could call it like that...

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:28












          • Indeed I understand it is a test. Nonetheless my point was you should need write that call as fac (3::Int) instead to specify that the literal 3 is of type Int, rather than say an Integer.

            – Jorge Adriano
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:36











          • Thank you very much, I remember what (3::Int) means.

            – Lorem2979
            Nov 15 '18 at 1:41

















          Thank you for your fast answer, I removed the fac n = fac n line. But fac 3 was just a test, calling the function with the Value 3. When ever i wrote a function until now I could call it like that...

          – Lorem2979
          Nov 15 '18 at 1:28






          Thank you for your fast answer, I removed the fac n = fac n line. But fac 3 was just a test, calling the function with the Value 3. When ever i wrote a function until now I could call it like that...

          – Lorem2979
          Nov 15 '18 at 1:28














          Indeed I understand it is a test. Nonetheless my point was you should need write that call as fac (3::Int) instead to specify that the literal 3 is of type Int, rather than say an Integer.

          – Jorge Adriano
          Nov 15 '18 at 1:36





          Indeed I understand it is a test. Nonetheless my point was you should need write that call as fac (3::Int) instead to specify that the literal 3 is of type Int, rather than say an Integer.

          – Jorge Adriano
          Nov 15 '18 at 1:36













          Thank you very much, I remember what (3::Int) means.

          – Lorem2979
          Nov 15 '18 at 1:41






          Thank you very much, I remember what (3::Int) means.

          – Lorem2979
          Nov 15 '18 at 1:41




















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