[Haskell-beginners] FRP and a set of pairwise interacting (colliding) objects

[Ertugrul Söylemez]

Nathan Hüsken <nathan.huesken at posteo.de> wrote:

> So I would have a main arrow like this (leaving out the Map for which
> I have to lookup the syntax):
>
> main = proc in -> do
>        planet1 <- planets initPlanet1 -< allPlanets
>        planet2 <- ...
>        ...
>        allPlanets <- delay [] -< [planet1,planet2 ...]
>
> (I would probably have some arrow managing all planets instead of
> listing them separately)
> Correct?

Yes, that's the basic idea.  Just drop in a 'rec' somewhere for the
feedback to work.

> Yes, that makes sense. There is still a little overhead. Assuming
> collisions are symmetric, the OOP approach would only test every pair
> of planets once ... not in the way I wrote it down, but it could
> easily be changed so that it does.
> But here they have to tested twice.
> Thats only factor 2 and probably acceptable. Still, is it avoidable?

Yes, it is.  You can write a managing wire transformer (along the lines
of the ones from Control.Wire.Trans.Combine) specifically for colliding
objects.  It's really much easier than it sounds.  Just have a look into
the source code of that module.


Greets,
Ertugrul

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(not to be or to be and ... that is the list monad.
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