[Haskell-cafe] replicateM should be called mreplicate?

Sjoerd Visscher sjoerd at w3future.com
Mon Apr 6 10:02:41 EDT 2009


Considering these naming conventions:
http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base/Control-Monad.html#3

• A postfix 'M' always stands for a function in the Kleisli category:  
The monad type constructor m is added to function results (modulo  
currying) and nowhere else. So, for example,

   filter  ::              (a ->   Bool) -> [a] ->   [a]
   filterM :: (Monad m) => (a -> m Bool) -> [a] -> m [a]

• A postfix '_' changes the result type from (m a) to (m ()). Thus,  
for example:

   sequence  :: Monad m => [m a] -> m [a]
   sequence_ :: Monad m => [m a] -> m ()

• A prefix 'm' generalizes an existing function to a monadic form.  
Thus, for example:

   sum  :: Num a       => [a]   -> a
   msum :: MonadPlus m => [m a] -> m a

replicateM has the following type:

   replicateM :: Monad m => Int -> m a -> m [a]

Am I missing something or should this have been called mreplicate?

greetings,
--
Sjoerd Visscher
sjoerd at w3future.com


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