title: In Haskell, is there infinity :: Num a => a?
body: <p>I'm trying to implement a data structure where if I had the use of infinity for numerical comparison purposes, it would simply things greatly. Note this isn't maxBound/minBound, because a value can be &lt;= maxbound, but all values would be &lt; infinity.</p>
  
  <p>No hope?</p>