[Haskell-cafe] Pointed, but not Applicative

[roconnor at theorem.ca]

On Sat, 27 Aug 2011, Sönke Hahn wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I was reading through the Typeclassopedia ([1]) and I was wondering which 
> type could be an instance of Pointed, but not of Applicative. But I can't 
> think of one. Any ideas?

(Identity :+: Store s) is a comonad that is also instance of Pointed, but 
I do not believe it is an instance Applicative.

newtype SemiStore s a = (Identity :+: Store s) a

instance Pointed (SemiStore s) where
   pure a = Inl (Identity a)

Coalgebras of the (Identity :+: Store s) comonad form the type of partial 
lenses so this isn't just an academic functor.

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