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Revision as of 21:06, 21 March 2008
The MonadPlus class is ambiguous: while all instances satisfy Monoid and Left Zero, some such as [] satisfy Left Distribution, while others such as Maybe and IO satisfy Left Catch.
Proposal
It is proposed that MonadPlus be split like this:
MonadZero
class Monad m => MonadZero m where
mzero :: m a
satisfying Left Zero:
mzero >>= k = mzero
MonadPlus
class MonadZero m => MonadPlus m where
mplus :: m a -> m a -> m a
satisfying Monoid and Left Distribution:
mplus mzero b = b
mplus a mzero = a
mplus (mplus a b) c = mplus a (mplus b c)
mplus a b >>= k = mplus (a >>= k) (b >>= k)
MonadOr
class MonadZero m => MonadOr m where
morelse :: m a -> m a -> m a
satisfying Monoid and Left Catch:
morelse mzero b = b
morelse a mzero = a
morelse (morelse a b) c = morelse a (morelse b c)
morelse (return a) b = return a
Instances of both
Some types could be made instances of both. For instance:
instance MonadOr [] where
morelse [] b = b
morelse a b = a
Discussion
Given that Control.Applicative(Alternative) now defines a class which seems innately bound to Left Catch, at least in spirit, it seems to make sense to clean up MonadPlus such that all instances obey Left Distribution? --sclv