Proposal: Add conspicuously missing Functor instances for tuples

[Henning Thielemann]

On Mon, 18 Jan 2016, David Feuer wrote:

> Actually, I currently get a much worse error message:
>
> Prelude> fmap (+1) (1,2,3)
>
> <interactive>:2:1:
>    Non type-variable argument in the constraint: Functor ((,,) t t)
>    (Use FlexibleContexts to permit this)
>    When checking that ‘it’ has the inferred type
>      it :: forall b t t1.
>            (Functor ((,,) t t1), Num b, Num t, Num t1) =>
>            (t, t1, b)
>
> That there is a *lousy* error message.

indeed


> I understand that there are newcomers who struggle to understand the
> difference between tuples and lists; I don't think that's a good
> enough reason to omit a good and valid instance.

I would not qualify myself as a newcomer. For me these instances are a 
problem, not a help.