On 09/10/2013 06:31 AM, Charlie Paul wrote: > I've been looking through Edward Kmett's lens library, and I'm a bit > befuddled about Getters. In my own code, why would I want to have > something be a Getter instead of a plain function? As far as I can see, > a plain function is simpler to use, and can be converted to a Getter > with "to" if we want to use it as a Fold. Is there a situation where > writing a Getter is superior than writing a function, then lifting it as > needed?
Generally, you don't provide 'Getter's because people can always lift a function with "to" - as you said. This is mentioned in the lens FAQ at: https://github.com/ekmett/lens/wiki/FAQ#wiki-using-getters - ocharles
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