Bug#513145: ITP: haskell-convertible -- Typeclasses and instances for converting between types

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>

* Package name    : haskell-convertible
  Version         : 1.0.0
  Upstream Author : John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
* URL             : http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/convertible
* License         : LGPL
  Programming Lang: Haskell
  Description     : Typeclasses and instances for converting between types
Description: convertible provides a typeclass with a single function
 that is designed to help convert between different types: numeric
 values, dates and times, and the like.  The conversions perform bounds
 checking and return a pure Either value.  This means that you need
 not remember which specific function performs the conversion you
 desire.
 .
 Also included in the package are optional instances that provide
 conversion for various numeric and time types, as well as utilities
 for writing your own instances.
 .
 Finally, there is a function that will raise an exception on
 bounds-checking violation, or return a bare value otherwise,
 implemented in terms of the safer function described above.
 .
 Convertible is also used by HDBC 2.0 for handling marshalling of
 data to/from databases.
 .
 Convertible is backed by an extensive test suite and passes tests
 on GHC and Hugs.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (99, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)