For what it's worth, the Edison packages provide such interfaces for many structures. You might want to ask about experiences. http://hackage.haskell.org/package/EdisonCore
On Fri, May 24, 2019, 10:12 Andreas Klebinger <klebinger.andr...@gmx.at> wrote: > Hello devs, > > I would appreciate feedback on the idea in > https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/merge_requests/934 > > Maps/Sets in GHC for the most part offer the same basic functionality > but their interfaces differ. > In order to make this easier to work with I propose using overloading > via IsSet/IsMap classes. > > The goal is to make working with these data structures simpler by having > a uniform interface > when it comes to names and argument orders. > > There are downsides, but to me they seem minor. Error messages can be > more confusing when one > get's the types wrong. We have to import the class to use it and the like. > However overall I think making code easier by not having to remember the > naming scheme + argument order > for the different possible instances would make this worthwhile. > > But GHC isn't my project but one of the community so please voice your > opinion on the matter on the > merge request! > > Cheers > Andreas > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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