mapM_ for bytestring

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Artyom Kazak wrote:

> Would this be an appropriate place to propose adding mapM_ (and then  
> possibly mapM) to bytestring library?

Err, mapM is defined as:

    mapM :: Monad m => (a -> m b) -> [a] -> m [b]


in that the second parameter is a list. ByteStrings are not lists,
they're chunks of bytes. Besides, you can just do:

  
    let bs = "This is a bytestring"
    mapM someFUnctions $ BS.unpack bs

or define a function:

    mapBSM :: Monad m => (Char -> m a) -> ByteString -> m [a]
    mapBSM f bs = mapM f $ BS.unpack bs

and similar for mapBSM_.

Erik
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