[Haskell-cafe] Improving event management in elerea

[Patai Gergely]

> or
>
> event :: a -> Signal Bool -> (a -> a) -> SignalMonad (Signal a)
> event v0 b f = accumIf v0 f =<< return b
>
> ?
That's not a good idea, because it doesn't take time into consideration,
so you'd jump a huge amount in every frame. What I had in mind is
something like this:

ifte :: Signal Bool -> Signal a -> Signal a -> Signal a
ifte sc st sf = (\c t f -> if c then t else f) <$> sc <*> st <*> sf 

And then:

playerX <- integral playerX0
             ( ifte (lpress &&@ (playerX >@ pure (-fieldW))) (-1) 0
             + ifte (rpress &&@ (playerX <@ pure (fieldW-playerW))) (1)
             0
             )

This won't be perfect, since the paddle can get a bit beyond the edge of
the field. This can be prevented by using some kind of clamped integral,
for instance, which you can again define in terms of transfer, just like
the plain integral.

Also, note that mixing bind and return is redundant, since "f =<< return
b" is equivalent to "f b".

Gergely

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