[Haskell-cafe] Re: powerSet = filterM (const [True, False]) ... is this obfuscated haskell?

[Gleb Alexeyev]

Thomas Hartman wrote:
> on haskell reddit today
> 
> powerSet = filterM (const [True, False])
> 

Does it help if we inline the 'const' function and rewrite [True, False] 
in monadic notation as (return True `mplus` return False)?

powerSet = filterM (\x -> return True `mplus` return False).

You can see that 'x' is ignored, both True and False are returned, hence 
  x is preserved in one answer and not preserved in another.