If there is an unfoldM like function then that might do the job, with Maybe or MaybeT m as your choice of monad.<div><br></div><div>Ollie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 2 May 2016, 11:49 p.m. John Ky, &lt;<a href="mailto:newhoggy@gmail.com">newhoggy@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Hello,</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Does anyone know of anything like <code style="font-size:0.85em;font-family:Consolas,Inconsolata,Courier,monospace;margin:0px 0.15em;padding:0px 0.3em;white-space:pre-wrap;border:1px solid rgb(234,234,234);border-radius:3px;display:inline;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)">Data.ByteString.unfoldr</code>, except that it can fail with a return value?</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">Cheers,</p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important">-John</p>
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