Removing MonadFail from Monad

[David Luposchainsky]

Hey Andreas,

On 16.12.2013 23:39, Andreas Abel wrote:
> "Only one data constructor" should be understood hereditarily; the
> description is not entirely accurate:
> 
> -- Only one data constructor: do not add MonadFail constraint
> do (Only x) <- computation     >>>     let f (Only x) = more
>    more                        >>>     in  computation >>= f
> 
> (Only x) should be pat such that every constructor in pat is an
> "only-one" constructor.

Do you mean in case patterns of nested "Only" types appear, like
`Only (Only' x)`? I hadn't thought of that, good point.


>> - The case of one data constructor should emit a warning if the data
>> type is defined via `data`: adding another data constructor can make
>> patterns in unrelated modules refutable.
> 
> I don't understand the restriction "is defined via data" since I am not
> aware of defining constructors outside of data or with something other
> than the data keyword.  Please clarify.

I meant "data and not newtype". If "Only" is a newtype data constructor,
the pattern is irrefutable by design, is it not?


Greetings,
David/quchen