Proposal #3339: Add (+>) as a synonym for mappend

[Edward Kmett]

I also really like <>.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Samuel Bronson <naesten at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Ross Paterson <ross at soi.city.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > This proposal seems to have got stuck.  Everyone wants an infix operator,
> > but we can't agree what it should be.
> >
> > I prefer using a new operator instead of generalizing ++ (or +, *, &&
> > or ||), because I think that a monoid operation is so abstract that it
> > needs a name that doesn't suggest one of the special cases.  (I like <>)
>
> I agree. <> really seems to fit well, even if it *does* reinforce the
> idea that Monoid is for gluing things together -- which, you know, it
> really is rather good for.
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