[Haskell-cafe] Void vs ()

[MarLinn]

> Not sure what you mean by "role your own i"

Oups. *roll
Basically what I did with ThereIsNoIOnlyZuul. A custom Void/().

> Well, Void *is* ThereIsNoIOnlyZuul, at least AFAICT? :)

Apart from details, I think so too, yes. Void has instances and some 
primitive functions while Zuul has a more meaningful name (well… 
theoretically) and the ability to become more than itself later on. Say 
you're doing it like I suggested, but then you decide that () would have 
been better than something Void-like – just add a single constructor to 
Zuul, done. No global search-replace necessary. But it also comes down 
to preferences. I personally have started to define my own types even 
for things that could be trivially expressed via Bool, Maybe, or Either 
just so that my types are more mnemonic. But then some of my hobby 
projects stall because I can spend hours on adjusting types before I 
even start to really implement something… Painting the yak shed, if you 
will.

Cheers,
MarLinn