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== Abstract ==
 
== Abstract ==
  
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'''TypeCompose''' provides some classes & instances for forms of type composition.  It also includes a very simple implementation of data-driven computation.
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'''TypeCompose''' provides some classes & instances for forms of type composition, as well as some modules that haven't found another home.
  
 
* Read [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/doc/html the Haddock docs] (with source code, additional examples, and Comment/Talk links).
 
* Read [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/doc/html the Haddock docs] (with source code, additional examples, and Comment/Talk links).
 
* Get the code repository: '''<tt>darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose</tt>''', or
 
* Get the code repository: '''<tt>darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose</tt>''', or
 
* Grab a [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/dist distribution tarball].
 
* Grab a [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/dist distribution tarball].
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* See the [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/CHANGES version changes].
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* See the [[TypeCompose/Versions| version history]].
  
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TypeCompose is used in [[Phooey]], a functional GUI library.
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== Type composition ==
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The <hask>Control.Compose</hask> module includes
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* Various type compositions (unary/unary, binary/unary, etc).  Most are from [http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~ross/papers/Applicative.html Applicative Programming with Effects].  In particular, <hask>g `O` f</hask> composes functors in to functors and applicative functors (AFs) into AFs.  (In contrast, monads do not in general compose.)  Composition makes AF-based programming simple and elegant, partly because we don't need an AF counterpart to monad transformers.
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* Cofunctors (contravariant functors).  Great for "consumer" types, just as functors suit "producer" (container) types.  There are several composition options.
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* Type argument flip.  Handy for cofunctors: use <hask>Flip (->) o</hask>, for <hask>(-> o)</hask>.
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* Constructor in pairs: <hask>(f a, g a)</hask>.
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* Constructor in arrows/functions: <hask>f a ~> g a</hask>.
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== Other features ==
  
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== Type composition ==
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=== Composable bijections ===
  
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For now, see the [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/doc/html/Control-Compose.html Haddock docs] and [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/doc/html/src.Control.Compose.hs.html source code].
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Given all the type constructors and compositions of them, I found myself writing some pretty awkward code to wrap & unwrap through multiple layers. Composable bijections help a lot.
  
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== Data-driven computation ==
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The <hask>Data.Bijection</hask> module is inspired by [http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/alimarine05there.html There and Back Again: Arrows for Invertible Programming], though done here in a less general setting.
  
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The representation of data-driven computations is quite simple and general.  They have a ''news'' publisher (<hask>news</hask>) and a source of new values (<hask>src</hask>).  Clients interested in the value subscribe to <hask>news</hask> and extract a new value from <hask>src</hask> when notified that the value may have changed.
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=== Pair- & function-like types ===
  
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<haskell>
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The <hask>Data.Pair</hask> and <hask>Data.Lambda</hask> patterns emerged while working on [[DeepArrow]] and [[Eros]].  <hask>Data.Pair</hask> generalizes <hask>zip</hask> and <hask>unzip</hask>  from <hask>[]</hask> to other functors.  It also provides variants of type <hask>f a -> f (a,b)</hask> and <hask>f a -> f (a,b)</hask>.  <hask>Data.Lambda</hask> is similar with classes for lambda-like constructions.
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type DataDrivenG news src = (,) news `O` src
 
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</haskell>
 
  
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Thanks to properties of type composition ([http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/doc/html/Control-Compose.html#t%3AO <hask>O</hask>]), when <hask>news</hask> is a [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Data-Monoid.html#t%3AMonoid monoid] and <hask>src</hask> is an [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Control-Applicative.html#t%3AApplicative applicative functor], <hask>DataDriven news src</hask> is an applicative functor also.  The applicative property is very convenient for composition.
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For example uses of <hask>Pair</hask> and <hask>Lambda</hask>, see [[TV]] and [[Eros]].
  
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To see how our simple definitions manage data-driven computations, expand the <hask>Applicative</hask> instances of <hask>Compose</hask> and <hask>(,) a</hask>:
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=== References ===
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<haskell>
 
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instance (Applicative src) => Applicative (DataDrivenG news src) where
 
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  pure a = Comp (mempty, pure a)
 
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  Comp (newsf,srcf) <*> Comp (newsx, srcx) =
 
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    Comp (newsf `mappend` newsx) (srcf <*> srcx)
 
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</haskell>
 
  
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The idea here is that <hask>mempty</hask> is publisher that never has news to report, while <hask>mappend</hask> combines publishers into one that reports all the news of either. Thus <hask>DataDrivenG</hask> accumulates event sources as it composes, as well as delegating to whatever composition is done by <hask>src</hask>.
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Monads with references.  Direct rip-off from [http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/473734.html Global Variables in Haskell].
  
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=== Specializing ===
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=== Titling ===
  
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Specializing, introduce types of "updaters" (actions), "sinks" (consumers) of values, and "news publishers" (somewhere to register updaters to be executed when events occur).
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For giving titles to things.  I know it sounds kind of random.  More useful than I first thought.  Used in [[Phooey]], [[TV]], and [[Eros]].
  
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=== Partial values ===
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type Updater src = src ()
 
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type Sink src a  = a -> Updater src
 
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type News src    = Sink src (Updater src)
 
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</haskell>
 
  
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And specialize <hask>DataDriven</hask> for news publishers:
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A monoid of partial values.  See the [http://conal-elliott.blogspot.com/2007/07/type-for-partial-values.html teaser] and [http://conal-elliott.blogspot.com/2007/07/implementing-type-for-partial-values.html solution] blog
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<haskell>
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posts.
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type DataDriven src = DataDrivenG (News src) src
 
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</haskell>
 
  
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For instance, the "Source" types used in [[Phooey]] are defined simply as
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=== Context-dependent monoids ===
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<haskell>
 
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type Source = DataDriven IO
 
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Note that <hask>News src</hask> is a [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Data-Monoid.html#t%3AMonoid monoid] when <hask>src ()</hask> is.  In particular, given any applicative functor <hask>f</hask>, we can supply the following:
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Bit of an oddball also.  <hask>Data.CxMonoid</hask> defines a sort of meta-monoid, that can be supplied dynamically with choices of <hask>mempty</hask> and <hask>mappend</hask>.  Used in [[Phooey]] (starting with version 1.3) so that layout could be a monoid but still vary in style.
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<haskell>
 
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-- Standard instance: Applicative functor applied to monoid
 
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instance Monoid a => Monoid (f a) where { mempty = pure mempty; mappend = (*>) }
 
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Note that <hask>()</hask> is a monoid.  See an example in the [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/TypeCompose/doc/html/src.Control.Instances.hs.html <hask>Control.Instances</hask> module].
 

Revision as of 05:10, 9 September 2007

Abstract

TypeCompose provides some classes & instances for forms of type composition, as well as some modules that haven't found another home.

Type composition

The Control.Compose module includes

  • Various type compositions (unary/unary, binary/unary, etc). Most are from Applicative Programming with Effects. In particular, g `O` f composes functors in to functors and applicative functors (AFs) into AFs. (In contrast, monads do not in general compose.) Composition makes AF-based programming simple and elegant, partly because we don't need an AF counterpart to monad transformers.
  • Cofunctors (contravariant functors). Great for "consumer" types, just as functors suit "producer" (container) types. There are several composition options.
  • Type argument flip. Handy for cofunctors: use Flip (->) o, for (-> o).
  • Constructor in pairs: (f a, g a).
  • Constructor in arrows/functions: f a ~> g a.

Other features

Composable bijections

Given all the type constructors and compositions of them, I found myself writing some pretty awkward code to wrap & unwrap through multiple layers. Composable bijections help a lot.

The Data.Bijection module is inspired by There and Back Again: Arrows for Invertible Programming, though done here in a less general setting.

Pair- & function-like types

The Data.Pair and Data.Lambda patterns emerged while working on DeepArrow and Eros. Data.Pair generalizes zip and unzip from [] to other functors. It also provides variants of type f a -> f (a,b) and f a -> f (a,b). Data.Lambda is similar with classes for lambda-like constructions.

For example uses of Pair and Lambda, see TV and Eros.

References

Monads with references. Direct rip-off from Global Variables in Haskell.

Titling

For giving titles to things. I know it sounds kind of random. More useful than I first thought. Used in Phooey, TV, and Eros.

Partial values

A monoid of partial values. See the teaser and solution blog posts.

Context-dependent monoids

Bit of an oddball also. Data.CxMonoid defines a sort of meta-monoid, that can be supplied dynamically with choices of mempty and mappend. Used in Phooey (starting with version 1.3) so that layout could be a monoid but still vary in style.

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