That is admittedly a pretty convincing example that we may want to provide either a LANGUAGE pragma or a different syntax to opt in.
As a data point in this space, the version of the code I have in scheme calls the version of 'do' that permits applicative desugaring 'ado'. A port of it to Haskell with minor infelicities as a quasi-quoter can be found here: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/applicative-quoters-0.1.0.7/docs/Control-Applicative-QQ-ADo.html However, that version uses an awkward hack to permit pattern matches to fail. -Edward On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Reid Barton <rwbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Dag Odenhall <dag.odenh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> What about MonadComprehensions, by the way? The way I see it, it's an >> even better fit for Applicative because the return is implicit. >> > Yes, or ordinary list comprehensions for that matter. > > But there is a danger in desugaring to Applicative: it may introduce too > much sharing. Currently a program like "main = print $ length [ (x, y) | x > <- [1..3], y <- [1..10000000] ]" (or the equivalent in do-notation) runs in > constant space with either -O0 or -O -fno-full-laziness. If you desugar it > to a form like "main = print $ length $ (,) <$> [1..3] <*> [1..10000000]", > then no optimization flags will save you from a space leak. > > It might be better to require explicit opt-in to the Applicative > desugaring on a per-do-notation/comprehension basis. Of course, finding > good syntax is always such a bother... > > I'm definitely +1 on the overall idea though, I have a bunch of FRP code > (where I have to use Applicative) that looks just like Dan Doel's second > snippet and it's pretty horrid. > > Regards, > Reid Barton > > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users > >
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