This Idris code demonstrates the concept of interfaces, which are similar to type classes in Idris. Here’s a breakdown of the translation:
We define a Geometry interface with area and perim methods.
We create Rect and Circle record types to represent rectangles and circles.
We implement the Geometry interface for both Rect and Circle using the implementation keyword.
The measure function takes any type that implements Geometry and prints its area and perimeter.
In the main function, we create instances of Rect and Circle and call measure on both of them.
To run this program, you would typically save it in a file with a .idr extension (e.g., geometry.idr) and then use the Idris compiler:
This example showcases how Idris handles interfaces (type classes) and how they can be used to create generic functions that work with multiple types. The concept is similar to interfaces in other languages, but Idris’s approach is more closely related to Haskell’s type classes.