Data.Word should define instances of Random for each type
http://bugs.debian.org/533022 for your consideration.
I'm forwarding Debian bugData.Word defines signed and unsigned integer types for various bit sizes. It would help if Data.Word made each type an instance of Random. Per http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Orphan_instance , such an instance should appear either in System.Random or Data.Word, and it makes more sense to do the latter.
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Version | 6.10.3 |
Type | FeatureRequest |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
Component | libraries/base |
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