Move MonadIO to base

[Isaac Dupree]

On 04/10/10 11:35, Twan van Laarhoven wrote:
> If MonadIO were in base, then the base library itself could also use it.
> For example the functions in System.IO could be lifted to work on any
> MonadIO monad. Whether that is a good idea is completely orthogonal to
> this discussion, however.

I think it is relevant to the discussion to consider whether the MonadIO 
class is a good idea in general -- if it's not a broad enough use, then 
maybe we shouldn't implicitly sanction it by putting it in 'base'.  Is 
it mainly to make monad-transformer code more readable* by requiring 
fewer explicit lifts?  Are there other reasons? (Pointing to example 
code that uses MonadIO would be a good answer.)

*i've grown increasingly doubtful of the idea that more classes / 
less-explicit code reliably makes things more readable.

(I see nothing wrong with splitting MonadIO out into a new package 
(besides that proliferation of packages is a bit annoying)...
)

-Isaac