rename class Functor ?

1998-11-16 Thread S.D.Mechveliani
Simon Peyton-Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes We're nearly done with Haskell 98. ... In the Prelude ~~~ class Functor f where fmap :: (a - b) - f a - f b What about renaming it, say, to Mappable f ? It looks like the word `functor' is taken

Re: rename class Functor ?

1998-11-16 Thread Hans Aberg
At 09:13 +0300 1998/11/16, S.D.Mechveliani wrote: In the Prelude ~~~ class Functor f where fmap :: (a - b) - f a - f b What about renaming it, say, to Mappable f ? It looks like the word `functor' is taken from the very category theory and