[Haskell-beginners] Reading JSON using Text.JSON

[Magnus Therning]

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 09:07:25PM +0200, Christopher Done wrote:
> 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
> >
> > 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.

Indeed I am, thanks for pointing that out.

/M

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