Proposal: Add (<$>) to Prelude as part of the AMP in GHC 7.10-RC3

Tikhon Jelvis tikhon at jelv.is
Tue Feb 24 17:48:26 UTC 2015


+1 for me on both.

Besides convenience, symmetry is important so we should export <$> if we
export <*> and <$ if <*.
On Feb 24, 2015 9:33 AM, "Oliver Charles" <ollie at ocharles.org.uk> wrote:

> If <*> is in Prelude (I'm unclear) then I'm +1 on getting <$> there too -
> <*> is practically useless without <$>!
>
> <$ is handy and I do tend to use it, but I don't feel so strongly about
> having that in the Prelude (so I'm not going to vote for or against that).
>
> - Ollie
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