Proposal: add ifM and whenM to Control.Monad

[Alexander Berntsen]

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On 21/04/14 17:47, Edward Kmett wrote:
> I, for one, could get behind just taking ifM, whenM, unlessM for
> these operations, proper naming conventions aside.
> 
> They've been independently reinvented in 60+ packages with these
> exact names.
> 
> If we do this, over time we'll save another 60+ packages the
> trouble of doing the same thing.
This looks pragmatic now, but I, for one, think that in the future we
would be appreciative of our decision to stick to conventions instead
of giving in to the slippery slope of myopic pragmatism.


In any event it looks like consensus is to add these functions.
Perhaps a vote thread with name options should be opened (at a later
stage).
- -- 
Alexander
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