Let’s say that I defined my own data-Type like
data MyData = A arg| B arg2| C arg3
How would I write a function (for instance: isMyDataType) that checks wether the given argument is one out of the particular types in MyData and successively returns a boolean (True or False) , e.g. typing in Ghci:
isMyDataType B returns True and isMyDataType Int returns False.
I believe you want functions to test for particular constructors:
If so, then you can write these yourself or derive them. The implementation would look like:
To derive them automatically, just use the derive library and add, in your source code:
Also note: your data declaration is invalid, the name must be capitalized,
MyDatainstead ofmyData.Finally, this whole answer is based on the assumption you want to test constructors, not data types as you said (which are statically checked at compile time, as Tarrasch said).