[Haskell-beginners] Reading JSON using Text.JSON

[Christopher Done]

On 16 May 2011 20:59, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
>> readJSON object = do obj <- readJSON object
>>                      GlossDef <$> valFromObj "para" obj
>>                               <*> valFromObj "GlossSeeAlso" obj
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> FWIW, read the first comment ;-)
>
> I still consider the monadic style easier to read than the
> applicative so that's what I usually start with.

I was more referring to the fact that you're re-implementing
valFromObj and needlessly pattern matching.