[Haskell-cafe] On to applicative

Brandon S Allbery KF8NH allbery at ece.cmu.edu
Sat Aug 28 22:43:57 EDT 2010


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On 8/28/10 22:15 , michael rice wrote:
> Prelude> fmap (*2) l
> 
> <interactive>:1:0:
>     No instance for (Functor (Either Integer))
>       arising from a use of `fmap' at <interactive>:1:0-10
>     Possible fix:
>       add an instance declaration for (Functor (Either Integer))
>     In the expression: fmap (* 2) l
>     In the definition of `it': it = fmap (* 2) l
> Prelude>

Huh.  I understood it to be defined in the Prelude, but didn't check.

Looks like it's now in Control.Monad.Instances (a relatively new module).
Confusing....

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