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Update type_classes.md #77

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion type_classes.md
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Expand Up @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ We can now reimplement `double` using an instance implicit by:
# instance : Add Nat where
# add := Nat.add
# instance : Add Int where
# add := Int.add
# add := Int.mul
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These lines starting with # are hidden in the rendered book, and I assume they generally match code already shown earlier in the chapter. In the code block just above this one, this instance is defined to use Int.add, so readers would expect that definition here as well.

instance : Add Int where
add := Int.add

I think what actually happened here is a copy-paste error from

#eval double { add := Nat.add } 10
-- 20

#eval double { add := Nat.mul } 10
-- 100

#eval double { add := Int.add } 10
-- 20

and since I don't see an easy way to keep the Nat.mul example without confusing the reader, I would recommend just changing 100 to 20

# instance : Add Float where
# add := Float.add
def double [Add a] (x : a) : a :=
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