[Haskell-beginners] Some guidance

[Peter Hall]

Hi, I'm working on a little library to trade bitcoins via the MtGox API.
https://github.com/peterjoel/auto-trader

I haven't got very far yet, but I feel like I'm already overcomplicating
things, especially the module structure. The reason it has so many modules,
even though there is hardly any code, is partly because I wanted to expose
the properties of the MtGoxTicker record as lenses, without polluting the
namespace with the underlying _accessors. Is this good or is there a more
usual way of dealing with the problem?

The other problem I'm facing is with name collisions for record accessors.
There are two versions of MtGoxTicker from different services - one with a
subset of the properties, which is supposed to be faster (it isn't, but
that isn't the point). The data types are here
https://github.com/peterjoel/auto-trader/blob/6974d66ae51459479c19be291d075bbdeb718b53/AutoTrader/MtGox/Types.hs.
One is commented one out while I decide what to do. What is the best way to
model those records to avoid collisions, while not being confusing to users
of the library? I am very tempted to use type classes, but that feels
naughty. Using unique prefixes seems bad too - it would be nice for some
code to be able to use them interchangeably if they don't need all the
fields.

Is it possible to use unique names for the actual record accessors, but
share the names of their lenses?

Thanks,

Peter
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