[PATCH] Add Functor, Applicative, Monad instances for First, Last

[Ben Gamari]

This was proposed in 2011 [1] with no serious objections although wasn't
implemented until it was again mentioned in 2014 [2].

[1] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2011-January/015552.html
[2] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2014-June/023228.html
---
 libraries/base/Control/Applicative.hs | 11 ++++++++++-
 libraries/base/Data/Monoid.hs         | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libraries/base/Control/Applicative.hs b/libraries/base/Control/Applicative.hs
index 4e77479..81ce513 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Control/Applicative.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Control/Applicative.hs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import Control.Monad (liftM, ap, MonadPlus(..))
 import Control.Monad.ST.Safe (ST)
 import qualified Control.Monad.ST.Lazy.Safe as Lazy (ST)
 import Data.Functor ((<$>), (<$))
-import Data.Monoid (Monoid(..))
+import Data.Monoid (Monoid(..), First(..), Last(..))
 import Data.Proxy
 
 import Text.ParserCombinators.ReadP (ReadP)
@@ -281,6 +281,15 @@ instance (ArrowZero a, ArrowPlus a) => Alternative (WrappedArrow a b) where
     empty = WrapArrow zeroArrow
     WrapArrow u <|> WrapArrow v = WrapArrow (u <+> v)
 
+-- Added in base-4.8.0.0
+instance Applicative First where
+        pure x = First (Just x)
+        First x <*> First y = First (x <*> y)
+
+instance Applicative Last where
+        pure x = Last (Just x)
+        Last x <*> Last y = Last (x <*> y)
+
 -- | Lists, but with an 'Applicative' functor based on zipping, so that
 --
 -- @f '<$>' 'ZipList' xs1 '<*>' ... '<*>' 'ZipList' xsn = 'ZipList' (zipWithn f xs1 ... xsn)@
diff --git a/libraries/base/Data/Monoid.hs b/libraries/base/Data/Monoid.hs
index b71176b..bb87243 100644
--- a/libraries/base/Data/Monoid.hs
+++ b/libraries/base/Data/Monoid.hs
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@ instance Monoid (First a) where
         r@(First (Just _)) `mappend` _ = r
         First Nothing `mappend` r = r
 
+instance Functor First where
+        fmap f (First x) = First (fmap f x)
+
+instance Monad First where
+        return x = First (Just x)
+        First x >>= m = First (x >>= getFirst . m)
+
 -- | Maybe monoid returning the rightmost non-Nothing value.
 newtype Last a = Last { getLast :: Maybe a }
         deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show, Generic, Generic1)
@@ -260,6 +267,13 @@ instance Monoid (Last a) where
         _ `mappend` r@(Last (Just _)) = r
         r `mappend` Last Nothing = r
 
+instance Functor Last where
+        fmap f (Last x) = Last (fmap f x)
+
+instance Monad Last where
+        return x = Last (Just x)
+        Last x >>= m = Last (x >>= getLast . m)
+
 {-
 {--------------------------------------------------------------------
   Testing
-- 
1.9.1