[Haskell-cafe] Monad instance for partially applied type constructor?

[DavidA]

Hi,

I have the following code:

{-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances #-}

data Vect k b = V [(k,b)]
-- vector space over field k with basis b
-- for example, V [(5, E 1), (7, E 2)] would represent the vector 5 e1 + 7 e2

data Monomial v = M [(v,Int)]
-- monomials over variables v
-- for example, M [(A,3), (B,5)] would represent the monomial a^3 b^5

type Poly k v = Vect k (Monomial v)
-- multivariate polynomials over field k and variables v

instance Monad (Poly k) where
    return v = V [(1, M [(v,1)])]
    p >>= f = ... -- variable substitution

So my thinking is:
1. The Monad type class is for one parameter type constructors (eg [], IO)
2. Poly is a two-parameter type constructor
3. So Poly k is a one-parameter type constructor
4. What I'm trying to express, that polynomials over field k are a monad,
is true.

However, GHC 6.12.2 complains:

    Type synonym `Poly' should have 2 arguments, but has been given 1
    In the instance declaration for `Monad (Poly k)'

What is going wrong?