Less defaulting with -98

"Neil Mitchell" <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:41:20 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.haskell.hugs.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi

$ hugs -98
Hugs> []
ERROR - Cannot find "show" function for:
*** Expression : []
*** Of type    : [a]

$hugs +98
Hugs> []
[]

It seems that with -98 you don't get the very handy defaulting. Is
this a delibarate decision, or is it just a bug?

Thanks

Neil