[Haskell-beginners] Re: global variables

[prad]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:25:45 +0200
Ertugrul Soeylemez <es at ertes.de> wrote:

> My way of doing this is the following (snippet):
> 
>   import Control.Applicative
>   import MonadLib
> 
>   type DatabaseT = ReaderT Connection
> 
>   myApplication :: DatabaseT IO ()
>   myApplication = do
>     dbConn <- ask
>     inBase $ runRaw dbConn "SELECT now();"
> 
>   runDatabaseT :: BaseM m IO => DatabaseT m a -> m a
>   runDatabaseT c = do
>     conn <- inBase $ connectPostgreSQL ""
>     runReaderT (Config conn) c
> 
>   main :: IO ()
>   main = runDatabaseT myApplication
>
thank you ertugrul. i understand the explanations you and MAN have
provided regarding global variables.

however, i don't understand what you have done above despite the
illustrative game example. i've been in the middle of trying to get
info out of a monad (as indicated in other posts) and have finally
gotten by the errors (although the understanding hasn't quite congealed
yet). as a result i haven't been able to try to incorporate the above
yet (which is why i haven't responded till now).

i did note that MonadLib doesn't seem to exist, so is that something i
get from cabal? is ask part of it too?


> What you want is not a global variable, but a convenient way to pass
> environment values to functions and computations.
>
yes that is what i want, but i haven't gotten the gist of the code you
have provided me with yet. i need to understand types better for one
thing.


> I hope this helps.
>
it will. i've flagged your post and will come back to it after
acquiring a bit more competence - as well as repetitive readings.


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