Data.String.ToString

Documentation

class ToString s where

Class of string-like types that can be converted to Strings.

Ensure that types that have an instance for this class and also have an instance for IsString obey the prop_fromToString law.

Methods

toString :: s -> String

Convert a string-like type to a String.

Instances

ToString Char

ToString String

ToString ShowS

fromToString :: (IsString s2, ToString s1) => s1 -> s2

General coercion between string-like types.

Note that: fromToString = fromString . toString

prop_fromToString :: (IsString s, ToString s, Eq s) => s -> Bool

prop_fromToString x = fromToString x == x