[Haskell-cafe] total Data.Map.! function

[Johan Tibell]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Henning Thielemann
<lemming at henning-thielemann.de> wrote:
>  I wondered whether there is a brilliant typing technique that makes
> Data.Map.! a total function. That is, is it possible to give (!) a type,
> such that m!k expects a proof that the key k is actually present in the
> dictionary m? How can I provide the proof that k is in m?
>  Same question for 'lab' (import Data.Graph.Inductive(lab)). That is, can
> there be a totalLab, with (totalLab gr = fromJust . lab gr) that expects a
> proof that the node Id is actually contained in a graph?

Perhaps by using a HList in the type of the Map?

-- Johan