[Haskell-cafe] What to call Occult Effects

[Kim-Ee Yeoh]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 12:17 AM Justin Bailey <jgbailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looking up the definition "occult" on duckduckgo
> (https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=occult+definition&ia=definition)
> gives this response:
>
>   adj. Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural or magical
> influences, agencies, or occurrences.
>   adj. Available only to the initiate; secret or mysterious: synonym:
> mysterious.
>   adj. Beyond the realm of human comprehension; inscrutable.
>
> Doesn't seem to really apply to your type signature. If you mean in
> the sense of "occlusion" or "occludes", I'd be specific ("occluded
> effects").


Hi Justin,

Thank you for heads up, it's just the nudge I need that "occult" probably
isn't the right word although I had the astronomical usage in mind.

My go-to solution is now "occlusive effects" unless something even better
comes along.


>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 3:24 PM Kim-Ee Yeoh <ky3 at atamo.com> wrote:
> >
> > By an occult effect I mean that under the type signature (M a -> M b ->
> M b) of a particular monad M, the two expressions (const id) and (liftM2 $
> const id) are equivalent.
> >
> > Occult here refers to how the effect of the second parameter blocks the
> effect of the first one.
> >
> > In your opinion, is there a better word than occult to describe the
> property of such monads?
> > --
> > -- Kim-Ee
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-- Kim-Ee
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