I don't fully understand your explanation but that is in part due to my
ignorance of the underlying implementation of both Cmd and Html.
Let's see if we can discuss at a more conceptual level. Here is a snippet
from the Elm examples page:
getRandomGif : String -> Cmd Msg
getRandomGif topic =
let
url =
"https://api.giphy.com/v1/gifs/random?api_key=dc6zaTOxFJmzC&tag="; ++
topic
in
Task.perform FetchFail FetchSucceed (Http.get decodeGifUrl url)
To me, if the Cmd Msg that is returned from getRandomGif can perform and
Http request and send one message on failure and send a different message
on success (I don't know if "send' is the right verb), then I'm not
understanding why something similar couldn't be done for the DOM.
Performing an HTTP request is a side effect. Manipulating the DOM is also a
side effect. In both cases, side effects are happening and in both cases
one message may get "fired" because of some outside interaction either from
the user or from the server.
I hope that helps clarify why it's hard for me to see DOM manipulation side
effects as a special case.
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