[Haskell-cafe] Monoid wants a (++) equivalent

[Jochem Berndsen]

ajb at spamcop.net wrote:
> G'day all.
> 
> Quoting John Meacham <john at repetae.net>:
> 
>> (+>) seems to imply to me that the operator is non-associative. Something
>> like (<>) or (<+>) would be better.
> 
> I tend to agree.  Moreover, and I realise this may be a losing battle,
> I want (++) to be the generic operator.

I totally agree. (+>) is too asymmetric for my taste, like (>>=) and
(*>) it suggests asymmetry between the arguments. (++) is symmetric and
suggests an associative operator to me.

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