Proposal: flipped fmap in base (again)

Elliot Cameron eacameron at gmail.com
Wed Feb 22 20:11:59 UTC 2017


FWIW, I'm less concerned about the precise name of ffor, although it seems
sad to to lose the obvious correlation with fmap.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 2:37 PM, David Feuer <david.feuer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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