> letting the compiler decide that `Int` is as good as `Maybe Int`
I was thinking more like explicitly telling the compiler that an implicit cast is OK, in other languages done by implementing the implicit cast operator for example.
edit: but if I understood you correctly, Haskell just doesn't support any implicit casting?
No, the casting is still done implicitly. That is I can make the following compile fine in Delphi if I add an implicit cast operator to either Foo or Bar:
Foo x := Foo.Create();
Bar y := x;
If neither of them have a suitable implicit cast operator defined, it will of course fail to compile.
Just an example, nothing unique about Delphi. You can see an example of the operator definition here[1].
I was thinking more like explicitly telling the compiler that an implicit cast is OK, in other languages done by implementing the implicit cast operator for example.
edit: but if I understood you correctly, Haskell just doesn't support any implicit casting?