[Haskell-cafe] On to applicative

[Brandon S Allbery KF8NH]

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On 8/31/10 13:27 , michael rice wrote:
> So it's a type constructor, not a type? Could you please provide a simple
> example of its usage?

Assuming you don't mean the trivial use in defining functions, see
Control.Monad.Instances:

> instance Functor ((->) r) where
>         fmap = (.)
> 
> instance Monad ((->) r) where
>         return = const
>         f >>= k = \ r -> k (f r) r

(The above is the primitive reader functor/monad, see Control.Monad.Reader
for more information.)

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