Enum and bounded instances for (,) and Either
chessai
chessai1996 at gmail.com
Wed May 12 18:27:58 UTC 2021
I am +1 on these instances existing, but I just discovered via
quickcheck-classes that the given code does not uphold succ-pred or
pred-succ identity:
```
Enum: Succ Pred Identity *** Failed! Falsified (after 2 tests):
Description: succ (pred x) = x
a = (0,1)
succ (pred x) = (-1,1)
Enum: Pred Succ Identity *** Failed! Falsified (after 1 test):
Description: pred (succ x) = x
a = (0,0)
pred (succ x) = (1,0)
*** Failed! Falsified (after 2 tests)..
Enum: Succ Pred Identity *** Failed! Falsified (after 2 tests):
Description: succ (pred x) = x
a = Left 0
succ (pred x) = Right (-9223372036854775808)
Enum: Pred Succ Identity *** Failed! Falsified (after 1 test):
Description: pred (succ x) = x
a = Left 0
pred (succ x) = Right (-9223372036854775808)
```
Perhaps this is indicative of something wrong with the proposed instance?
Thanks
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 11:01 AM Henning Thielemann
<lemming at henning-thielemann.de> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 12 May 2021, Sandy Maguire wrote:
>
> > Found myself puzzled the other day when I wanted an (Enum a, Enum b) =>
> > Enum (a, b) instance, and was distraught that it didn't exist.
> >
> > The following is a reasonable implementation:
>
> This is certainly an instance that fulfills some laws, but do we really
> want it or is it more likely an accident if someone writes, say, succ
> (a,b)?
>
> We already allow "max (a,b) (c,d)", which can be pretty counterintuitive.
> I think the Ord instance for pairs is currently mostly used for Set and
> Map, but a separate class for this purpose would have been better.
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