Hello cafe,
Inspired by Sean Leather's xformat package [1] I built a datatype with
which you can build a monoid with holes, yielding a function type to
fill in these holes, continuation-passing style. Here are some
primitives and their types:
now :: m -> ContSt m r r
later :: (a -> m) -> ContSt m r (a -> r)
run :: ContSt m m r -> r
instance Monoid m => Category (ContSt m)
Here's an example of how to use it:
run (now "hello" . now "world")
"helloworld"
run (later id . now "world") "hello"
"helloworld"
run (later id . later show) "hello" 567
"hello567"
The source code is available at [2].
I have a couple of questions:
* ContSt is a Category. Is it also an Arrow? Why (not)?
* Did I miss any other obvious classes this type is an instance of?
* What is its relation with the Cont and Reader monads?
* Are there any other useful applications other than printf-like
functionality?
* ContSt is a horrible name. What is a better one?
For those who have a bit more time: I appreciate any comments and
suggestions on the code. :-)
Many thanks in advance,
Martijn.
[1] http://hackage.haskell.org/package/xformat
[2] http://code.google.com/p/monoid-cont/source/browse/trunk/ContSt.hs
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