On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 11:10:40PM -0500, Jim Apple wrote:
> Jon Fairbairn wrote:
> >If you allow quantification over higher
> >kinds, you can do something like this:
> >
> > d f = f . f
> >
> > d:: âa::*, b::*â*.(b a â a) â b (b a)â a
> >
>
> What's the problem with
>
> d :: (forall c . b c -> c) -> b (b a) -> a
> d f = f . f
>
> to which ghci gives the type
>
> d :: forall a b. (forall c. b c -> c) -> b (b a) -> a
Or one could do its dual (?).
> d :: (forall c . c -> b c) -> a -> b (b a)
> d f = f . f
rank-n polymorphism is fun :)
now, I guess the tricky thing is creating a function which will work as
d head
and
d (:[])
...
John
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