Is there already a list class?
Matthew Brecknell
haskell at brecknell.org
Tue Jan 9 20:23:20 EST 2007
> Is here the right place to request a list class?
> eg
> class List l e where
> (:) :: e -> l e -> l e
> head :: ..
>
> This might be used in Data.Set, Data.Map
>
> class StorableAsList l e t where
> fromList :: l e -> t
> toList :: t -> l e
>
> I'd like to help implementing/ writing it.
>
> Do you consider this beeing a useful enhancement?
I was looking for such a class just yesterday. I wanted a difference
list over LazyByteString, and it seemed wrong just to rewrite Don
Stewart's DList for byte strings without first having a list class.
I would also like to help implement it.
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