Re: [Haskell-cafe] comprehension generators from IO [a]'s ?
Hello Steve, Monday, December 19, 2005, 10:42:19 PM, you wrote: SH> What I'm after is something like: SH> -- (psuedo-code) SH> [(b,c,d) | SH>b <- getDirectoryContents a_dir, SH>c <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b), SH>d <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b ++ "/" ++ c) ], this can't work because IO itself a monad, so "IO [a]" is two monads, and you can iterate only over external one, which is IO. instead: let foreach = flip mapM list <- foreach (getDirectoryContents a_dir) $ \b -> foreach (getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b)) $ \c -> foreach (getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b ++ "/" ++ c)) $ \d -> return (b,c,d) return $ concatMap $ concatMap list SH> This function isn't so clear at a glance, and yet what it's doing SH> seems like a pretty common thing to want to do: are there any library SH> functions for monads (or IO in particular) that make this sort of thing SH> easier, or should I to try and write my own function? Looks not too SH> difficult to write but I think I might miss something important if I didn't ask SH> first... How would you do it? if you just need to find all files recursively - use library http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/FilePath-0.1.0.tgz to manipulate filenames and function `doesDirectoryExist` to check that it is a directory. don't forget that `getDirectoryContents` returns list what contains names "." and ".." -- Best regards, Bulatmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] comprehension generators from IO [a]'s ?
On 12/19/05, Chris Kuklewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay...that works. Sweet.
>
> gdc x = ListT $ getDirectoryContents x
>
> get3levels top = runListT $ do
> b <- gdc top
> c <- gdc $ top++('/':b)
> d <- gdc $ top++('/':b)++('/':c)
> return (b,c,d)
Yeah, that's awesome: just as readable as the comprehension
psuedo-code if not more-so. I knew some monad wizards would step out
with something nice.
Thanks for spelling out what Andrew was getting at also, it would have
been lost on me. I haven't yet ventured into using any monads but IO
yet, maybe ListT would be a good place to start.
> I feel bound to point out http://haskell.org/hawiki/ListTDoneRight which
> has more to say about the details of ListT
OK. Thanks to you both Chris and Andrew.
Steve
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Re: [Haskell-cafe] comprehension generators from IO [a]'s ?
Okay...that works. Sweet.
gdc x = ListT $ getDirectoryContents x
get3levels top = runListT $ do
b <- gdc top
c <- gdc $ top++('/':b)
d <- gdc $ top++('/':b)++('/':c)
return (b,c,d)
I feel bound to point out http://haskell.org/hawiki/ListTDoneRight which
has more to say about the details of ListT
Andrew Pimlott wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:42:19PM -0600, Steve Harris wrote:
>
>>What I'm after is something like:
>> -- (psuedo-code)
>> [(b,c,d) |
>> b <- getDirectoryContents a_dir,
>> c <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b),
>> d <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b ++ "/" ++ c) ],
>
>
> Check out Control.Monad.List.ListT, which combines list non-determinism
> with another monad. Eg,
>
> ListT (getDirectoryContents a_dir) :: ListT IO FilePath
>
> Andrew
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Re: [Haskell-cafe] comprehension generators from IO [a]'s ?
On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 01:42:19PM -0600, Steve Harris wrote: > What I'm after is something like: > -- (psuedo-code) > [(b,c,d) | >b <- getDirectoryContents a_dir, >c <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b), >d <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b ++ "/" ++ c) ], Check out Control.Monad.List.ListT, which combines list non-determinism with another monad. Eg, ListT (getDirectoryContents a_dir) :: ListT IO FilePath Andrew ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] comprehension generators from IO [a]'s ?
Hmmm...I'll poke at it. Steve Harris wrote: > [reposted from haskell mailing list where I got no bites :) ] > > Folks, > I'm new to using monads, and I'd like some help improving a function > definition that I wrote and which works, but for which I think there > should be a clearer way to write it. > > What I'm after is something like: > -- (psuedo-code) > [(b,c,d) | >b <- getDirectoryContents a_dir, >c <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b), >d <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b ++ "/" ++ c) ], > > > ie. where the generators feed from IO actions instead of lists, but I > gather this comprehension style isn't supported, which is too bad > because it's really easy to read. (Is this what was meant by "monad > comprehensions" that I've heard reference to?) Note: I will assume getDirectoryContents only returns directories. You could write that only if you computed the directory contents first, perhaps by loading them into nest maps or hashtables or simply lists. The other problem is that you want a 3-tuple. There are few generic ways to create or select items in tuples. Template haskell allows more generic code to construct and destruct tuples. It could define a version paramterised on the integer 3. http://haskell.org/hawiki/TemplateHaskell http://haskell.org/hawiki/TemplateHaskellTutorial > > Here's how I actually wrote it, using nested folds: > > import System.IO > > -- Load directory entries 3 levels deep under a_dir, as list of tuples (b,c,d) > > load3DirLevels :: FilePath -> IO [(String,String,String)] > load3DirLevels a_dir = > do > bs <- getDirectoryContents a_dir > > > foldM (\tups b -> do >cs <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b) >foldM (\tups' c -> do > ds <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b > ++ "/" ++ c) > foldM (\tups'' d -> do > return $ (b, c, d) : tups'' > ) tups' ds > ) tups cs > ) [] bs > > This function isn't so clear at a glance, and yet what it's doing > seems like a pretty common thing to want to do: are there any library > functions for monads (or IO in particular) that make this sort of thing > easier, or should I to try and write my own function? Looks not too > difficult to write but I think I might miss something important if I didn't > ask > first... How would you do it? The foldM code, given your pseudo-code as a comment above, is clear. Perhaps this can be made simpler by making it more generic. Somewhat tested: import Control.Monad (liftM) getDirectoryContents _ = return ["a","b","c"] glue :: String -> [String] -> String glue sep values = foldr1 (\a b-> a ++ sep ++ b) values descend :: Int -> [String] -> IO [[String]] descend n _ | n < 0 = fail "Cannot descend negative levels" descend 0 vs = return [vs] descend n vs = do let path = glue "/" vs deeper <- getDirectoryContents path liftM concat (mapM (\v' -> descend (n-1) (vs++[v'])) deeper) listTo3Tuple [top,a,b,c] = (a,b,c) listTo3Tuple _ = error "malformed list" load3DirLevels top = liftM (map listTo3Tuple) (descend 3 [top]) The descend function does the foldM work recursively with a counter, returning a list of lists of path components. Then the tuple is formed. Usually when I use a counter, someone else comes back with a more clever implicit definition, so I'll do that myself: goDeeper :: [[String]] -> IO [[String]] goDeeper [] = return [] goDeeper (vs:vss) = do let path = glue "/" vs deeper <- getDirectoryContents path liftM (([ (vs++[v']) | v'<- deeper ]) ++) (goDeeper vss) load3DirLevels' a_dir = liftM (map listTo3Tuple) (goDeeper [[a_dir]] >>= goDeeper >>= goDeeper) which seems to work ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
[Haskell-cafe] comprehension generators from IO [a]'s ?
[reposted from haskell mailing list where I got no bites :) ] Folks, I'm new to using monads, and I'd like some help improving a function definition that I wrote and which works, but for which I think there should be a clearer way to write it. What I'm after is something like: -- (psuedo-code) [(b,c,d) | b <- getDirectoryContents a_dir, c <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b), d <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b ++ "/" ++ c) ], ie. where the generators feed from IO actions instead of lists, but I gather this comprehension style isn't supported, which is too bad because it's really easy to read. (Is this what was meant by "monad comprehensions" that I've heard reference to?) Here's how I actually wrote it, using nested folds: import System.IO -- Load directory entries 3 levels deep under a_dir, as list of tuples (b,c,d) load3DirLevels :: FilePath -> IO [(String,String,String)] load3DirLevels a_dir = do bs <- getDirectoryContents a_dir foldM (\tups b -> do cs <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b) foldM (\tups' c -> do ds <- getDirectoryContents (a_dir ++ "/" ++ b ++ "/" ++ c) foldM (\tups'' d -> do return $ (b, c, d) : tups'' ) tups' ds ) tups cs ) [] bs This function isn't so clear at a glance, and yet what it's doing seems like a pretty common thing to want to do: are there any library functions for monads (or IO in particular) that make this sort of thing easier, or should I to try and write my own function? Looks not too difficult to write but I think I might miss something important if I didn't ask first... How would you do it? Thanks Steve ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
