From 6fba013f0bd555a17a68aeb67ff0c0c305cda865 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Kaluba <kalmar@amu.edu.pl>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 23:23:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] set default word_type to Word{UInt8}

---
 src/new_types.jl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/new_types.jl b/src/new_types.jl
index 9a8ae8e..d98d38c 100644
--- a/src/new_types.jl
+++ b/src/new_types.jl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ abstract type AbstractFPGroup <: GroupsCore.Group end
 
 word_type(G::AbstractFPGroup) = word_type(typeof(G))
 # the default:
-word_type(::Type{<:AbstractFPGroup}) = Word{UInt16}
+word_type(::Type{<:AbstractFPGroup}) = Word{UInt8}
 
 # the default (results in free rewriting)
 rewriting(G::AbstractFPGroup) = alphabet(G)