Proposal: flipped fmap in base (again)

David Feuer david.feuer at gmail.com
Wed Feb 22 19:37:36 UTC 2017


I'm very much against the name ffor. Wouldn't forF be a better fit?

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Elliot Cameron <eacameron at gmail.com> wrote:
> For the record, it makes no sense to me to have (<&>) without ffor. I am
> personally ambivalent about (<&>) in base, but I'd be -1 if it were not
> accompanied by ffor.
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:16 AM, Joe Hillenbrand <joehillen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> +1 Please, please, please can we have this?
>>
>> > Could we instead have "ffor" which can be used prefix or infix and
>> > avoids the operator soup problem?
>>
>> -1
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:56 AM, Edward Kmett <ekmett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 3:42 AM, Andreas Abel <abela at chalmers.se> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am using `for`
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Agda-2.5.2/docs/Agda-Utils-Functor.html
>> >>
>> >> and I think taking `for` for Applicative was name theft.
>> >
>> >
>> > This crime may no longer be charged under the statute of limitations.
>> > The
>> > federal code provides that no person can be tried or punished for any
>> > noncapital offense unless they are indicted or information is instituted
>> > within five years of the date the offense was committed.
>> >
>> > Of course, that is here within the U.S. You might have better luck in
>> > the
>> > international court of public opinion. =)
>> >
>> > -Edward
>> >
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