Applicative functors

class Functor f => Applicative f where Source

A functor with application, providing operations to

• embed pure expressions (pure), and
• sequence computations and combine their results (<*>).

A minimal complete definition must include implementations of these functions satisfying the following laws:

identity

pure id <*> v = v

composition

pure (.) <*> u <*> v <*> w = u <*> (v <*> w)

homomorphism

pure f <*> pure x = pure (f x)

interchange

u <*> pure y = pure ($ y) <*> u

The other methods have the following default definitions, which may be overridden with equivalent specialized implementations:

• u *> v = pure (const id) <*> u <*> v

• u <* v = pure const <*> u <*> v

As a consequence of these laws, the Functor instance for f will satisfy

• fmap f x = pure f <*> x

If f is also a Monad, it should satisfy

• pure = return

• (<*>) = ap

(which implies that pure and <*> satisfy the applicative functor laws).

Alternatives

class Applicative f => Alternative f where Source

A monoid on applicative functors.

If defined, some and many should be the least solutions of the equations:

• some v = (:) <$> v <*> many v

• many v = some v <|> pure []

Instances

newtype Const a b Source

newtype WrappedMonad m a Source

newtype WrappedArrow a b c Source

newtype ZipList a Source

Lists, but with an Applicative functor based on zipping, so that

f <$> ZipList xs1 <*> ... <*> ZipList xsn = ZipList (zipWithn f xs1 ... xsn)

Utility functions

(<$>) :: Functor f => (a -> b) -> f a -> f b infixl 4 Source

An infix synonym for fmap.

Examples

>>> show <$> Nothing
Nothing
>>> show <$> Just 3
Just "3"

>>> show <$> Left 17
Left 17
>>> show <$> Right 17
Right "17"

>>> (*2) <$> [1,2,3]
[2,4,6]

>>> even <$> (2,2)
(2,True)

(<$) :: Functor f => a -> f b -> f a Source

Replace all locations in the input with the same value. The default definition is fmap . const, but this may be overridden with a more efficient version.

(<**>) :: Applicative f => f a -> f (a -> b) -> f b infixl 4 Source

A variant of <*> with the arguments reversed.

liftA :: Applicative f => (a -> b) -> f a -> f b Source

Lift a function to actions. This function may be used as a value for fmap in a Functor instance.

liftA2 :: Applicative f => (a -> b -> c) -> f a -> f b -> f c Source

Lift a binary function to actions.

liftA3 :: Applicative f => (a -> b -> c -> d) -> f a -> f b -> f c -> f d Source

Lift a ternary function to actions.

optional :: Alternative f => f a -> f (Maybe a) Source

One or none.