[Haskell-cafe] Re: Tutorial uploaded

[Udo Stenzel]

Paul Moore wrote:
> Not trying to fan the flames, but one thing I struggle with is
> understanding (at a "gut level" - if you explain the theory, I'll
> understand, but go away none the wiser in practice...) why I need mapM
> as well as map (and all the other -M functions, liftM, foldM, etc...)

All you really need to understand is what

 sequence :: Monad m => [m a] -> m [a]

does.  Once you get that, the difference between map and mapM is clear
because of

 mapM f xs = sequence (map f xs)


Udo.
-- 
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you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.
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