Proposal: export more Data.Sequence internals

[George Wilson]

Sounds reasonable to me.
I don't have any particular input on the module names or hierarchy.

Cheers,
George

On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, 07:22 David Feuer, <david.feuer at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like containers to export more Data.Sequence internals, and to do
> so in a way that allows external users to rely on them. I propose the
> following:
>
> 1. Add a module, Data.FingerTree.IntPlus, abstractly exporting the
> finger trees used to represent sequences. These can also be used for
> other finger trees with measurements in the (Int, +) monoid. This
> would include various basic operations for cons, snoc, and splitting,
> with most names the same as for sequences.
> 2. Add a module, Data.FingerTree.IntPlus.Unsafe, exporting efficient
> mapping/traversing functions that rely on specific preconditions to
> maintain the internal fingertree annotation invariant.
> 3. Add a module, Data.Sequence.StableInternal, exporting the internal
> structure of sequences and also some internal functions that may be
> useful elsewhere (I'm particularly interested in the `splitMap`
> function and future variants thereof). Unlike the `.Internal` module,
> this module would be subject to the package version policy, and would
> therefore be more suitable for use by other packages.
>
> I am very open to suggestions for modifications to the module names.
> One option might be to put all the FingerTree.IntPlus stuff in the
> Data.Sequence.StableInternal hierarchy, if folks think it should be
> buried a bit.
>
> David
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