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<p>Hi Alexey, thanks for this feedback.<br>
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My reason (but it's also been adopted by other library authors) to
adopt different names for these variations on `coerce` is that it
guides the hand of the developer.<br>
That is also why the documentation of these functions have an
example with Type Applications. Of course, one can use bare
"coerce" in a code-base, but I would be fairly bothered by it if
the intention of the original author was not better expressed.<br>
<br>
> At what point do we stop creating synonyms? Adding these two
functions IMHO is a redundant mental overhead. <br>
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<p>This is not a proposal to open the valve on synonyms creation. I
am proposing a closed set of helpers to give an API for newtypes.
If other people want to add more of those, they will start a CLC
process like I did and be submitted to peer review on this
mailing-list. <br>
<br>
> With regards to `under` I am a somewhat indifferent, but if
it was in base I am sure I'd use it. Naming is a bit odd, but I am
not the one to bikeshed.<br>
<code></code><br>
I have been told on Reddit that 'inside' would be a more explicit
name, which I do not disagree with. <br>
<br>
On 11/11/2020 15:53, Alexey Kuleshevich wrote:<br>
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<div>Thank you for suggesting these, Hécate.</div>
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<div>I personally don't see much benefit in `un` and `wrap`
functions, since it is quite straightforward to use coerce
directly:<br>
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<div>un @Int = coerce @_ @Int<br>
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<div>and wrap is the same way:<br>
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<div>wrap @SIze = coerce @_ @Size<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>At what point do we stop creating synonyms? Adding these two
functions IMHO is a redundant mental overhead. <br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<div>On the other hand `#.` operator can be quite handy and I'd be
totally in favor of exposing it to the world but from a
Data.Coerce module instead of a totally new module. However I
would also not call it coerced composition operator, because
firstly it doesn't really compose functions it just coerces them
and secondly it can be made more polymorphic and then it would
be useful with other things than just functions:<br>
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<div>(#.) :: forall a b c proxy. Coercible b c => proxy b c
-> (a -> b) -> (a -> c)<br>
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<div>(#.) _proxy = coerce<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>With regards to `under` I am a somewhat indifferent, but if
it was in base I am sure I'd use it. Naming is a bit odd, but I
am not the one to bikeshed.<br>
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<div><br>
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<div>Sincerely,<br>
</div>
<div>Alexey.<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br>
</div>
<div> On Tuesday, November 10, 2020 4:23 PM, Hécate
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hecate@glitchbra.in"><hecate@glitchbra.in></a> wrote:<br>
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<div> <br>
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<div>Hello, CLC and haskell-libraries,<br>
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<div> <br>
</div>
<div> I am opening a proposal process to consider the
integration of several helper functions in `base`, operating
on Newtypes, and all based on `coerce`.<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> My motivations are that we ought to provide a minimum set
of tools in order to work effectively with one of our most
beloved and ubiquitous language features.<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> Now, these functions that I am about to present to you all
do not come out of nowhere. They have been integrated to
Kowainik's alternative prelude "Relude", and seem<br>
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<div> to have found their use amongst their users, me included.<br>
</div>
<div> Their documentation can be found here => <a
href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/relude-0.7.0.0/docs/Relude-Extra-Newtype.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://hackage.haskell.org/package/relude-0.7.0.0/docs/Relude-Extra-Newtype.html</a>
<br>
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<div> but I am reproducing them below for convenience:<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> ---<br>
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<div> <a moz-do-not-send="true">un :: forall a n. Coercible a n
=> n -> a<br>
<br>
Unwraps value from newtype.<br>
<br>
```<br>
>>> newtype Size = Size Int deriving Show<br>
>>> un @Int (Size 5)<br>
5<br>
>>> un (Size 5) == length ['a', 'x', 'b']<br>
False<br>
```<br>
<br>
</a>---</div>
<div> wrap :: forall n a. Coercible a n => a -> n <br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> Wraps value to newtype. Behaves exactly as 'un' but has
more meaningful name in case you need to convert some value to
newtype.<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> ```<br>
</div>
<div> >>> newtype Flag = Flag Bool deriving (Show, Eq)<br>
</div>
<div> >>> wrap False == Flag True<br>
</div>
<div> False<br>
</div>
<div> ```<br>
</div>
<p><br>
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<p><br>
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<div>---<br>
</div>
<div> under :: forall n a. Coercible a n => (n -> n) ->
a -> a<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> Applies function to the content of newtype. This function
is not supposed to be used on newtypes that are created with
the help of smart constructors.<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> ```<br>
</div>
<div> >>> newtype Foo = Foo Bool deriving Show<br>
</div>
<div> >>> under not (Foo True)<br>
</div>
<div> Foo False<br>
</div>
<div> >>> newtype Bar = Bar String deriving Show<br>
</div>
<div> >>> under (filter (== 'a')) (Bar "abacaba")<br>
</div>
<div> Bar "aaaa"<br>
</div>
<div> ```<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> As well as the coerced composition operator:<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> (#.) :: Coercible b c => (b -> c) -> (a -> b)
-> (a -> c)<br>
</div>
<div> (#.) _f = coerce<br>
</div>
<div> {-# INLINE (#.) #-}<br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> Which currently lives in <a
href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.14.0.0/docs/src/Data.Functor.Utils.html#%23"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.14.0.0/docs/src/Data.Functor.Utils.html#%23</a>
but is not exported.<br>
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<div> <br>
</div>
<div> <br>
</div>
<div> Regarding the location of these functions, I either see
them living in their own "Data.Newtype", or they could join
Data.Coerce.<br>
</div>
<div> I would personally create a new module as to avoid
"polluting" Data.Coerce with non-class functions, but this is
my personal preference.<br>
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<div> <br>
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<div> <br>
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<div> Thank you for reading.<br>
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<div> <br>
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