# data-default-instances-text
[][data-default-instances-text]
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[][Haskell.org]
[][tl;dr Legal: BSD3]
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# Description
`Default` instances for types defined in [text][] package:
```Haskell
instance Default Strict.Text where
def = Strict.Text.empty
instance Default Lazy.Text where
def = Lazy.Text.empty
-- For text >=0.8
instance Default Builder where
def = mempty
```
Following instances are provided only for [text][] >=0.8, since that
it the version that introduced `Builder`:
```Haskell
instance Default Builder where
def = mempty
```
This package is intended to be used in conjunction with [data-default][]
package or directly with [data-default-class][] package.
## License
The BSD 3-Clause License, see [LICENSE][] file for details.
## Contributions
Contributions, pull requests and bug reports are welcome! Please don't be
afraid to contact author using GitHub or by e-mail.
[data-default]:
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/data-default
"Package data-default on Hackage"
[data-default-class]:
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/data-default-class
"Package data-default-class on Hackage"
[data-default-instances-text]:
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/data-default-instances-text
"Package data-default-instances-text on Hackage"
[Haskell.org]:
http://www.haskell.org
"The Haskell Programming Language"
[LICENSE]:
https://github.com/trskop/data-default-extra/blob/master/instances-text/LICENSE
"License of data-default-instances-text package."
[text]:
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/text
"Package text on Hackage"
[tl;dr Legal: BSD3]:
https://tldrlegal.com/license/bsd-3-clause-license-%28revised%29
"BSD 3-Clause License (Revised)"