On Tuesday 04 January 2011 5:24:21 am o...@okmij.org wrote:
> Method A: just define bind as usual
>
> > instance (Functor (Iteratee el m),Monad m) => Monad (Iteratee el m) where
> >
> > return = IE_done
> >
> > IE_done a >>= f = f a
> > IE_cont e k >>= f = IE_cont e (\s -> k s >>= docase)
> >
> > where
> > docase (IE_done a, stream) = case f a of
> >
> > IE_cont Nothing k -> k stream
> > i -> return (i,stream)
> >
> > docase (i, s) = return (i >>= f, s)
>
> Although we must state the constraint (Functor (Iteratee el m)) to
> satisfy the super-class constraint, we have not made any use of the
> constraint.
This, at least, is false. If Functor is a superclass of Monad, then Monad m
implies Functor m, which implies Functor (Iteratee el m). So Monad m is a
sufficient constraint for the instance.
As for the other concerns, I think the closest fix I've seen is to allow
subclasses to specify defaults for superclasses, and allow instances for
subclasses to include methods for superclasses. So:
class Functor m => Monad m where
return :: a -> m a
(>>=) :: m a -> (a -> m b) -> m b
fmap f x = x >>= return . f
This has its own caveats of course. And in this case, it seems to
overconstrain the functor instance, since presumably we'd end up with:
instance Monad m => Monad (Iteratee el m) where ...
==>
instance Monad m => Functor (Iterate el m) where ...
I'm not sure what to do about that.
-- Dan
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