Jake McArthur wrote:
Generally, you can transform anything of the form:
baz x1 = a =<< b =<< ... =<< z x1
into:
baz = a <=< b <=< ... <=< z
I was just looking through the source for the recently announced Hyena
library and decided to give a more concrete example from a real-world
project. Consider this function from the project's Data.Enumerator
module[1]:
compose enum1 enum2 f initSeed = enum1 f1 (Right initSeed) >>= k
where
f1 (Right seed) bs = ...
k (Right seed) = ...
First, I would flip the `(>>=)` into a `(=<<)` (and I will ignore the
`where` portion of the function from now on):
compose enum1 enum2 f initSeed = k =<< enum1 f1 (Right initSeed)
Next, transform the `(=<<)` into a `(<=<)`:
compose enum1 enum2 f initSeed = k <=< enum1 f1 $ Right initSeed
We can "move" the `($)` to the right by using `(.)`:
compose enum1 enum2 f initSeed = k <=< enum1 f1 . Right $ initSeed
Finally, we can drop the `initSeed` from both sides:
compose enum1 enum2 f = k <=< enum1 f1 . Right
I didn't test that my transformation preserved the semantics of the
function or even that the type is still the same, but even if it's wrong
it should give you the idea.
- Jake
[1]
http://github.com/tibbe/hyena/blob/9655e9e6473af1e069d22d3ee75537ad3b88a732/Data/Enumerator.hs#L117
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