#9588: Add `MonadPlus {IO,Either e}` and `Alternative (Either e)` instances -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: hvr Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: libraries/base | Version: Keywords: | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Unknown | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The following 3 instances are currently Orphans in `transformers` but shall be defined in `base` instead: {{{#!hs instance MonadPlus IO instance MonadPlus (Either e) instance Alterantive (Either e) }}} This proposal by SPJ already passed the CLC back in April and only needs implementing. I'll submit a patch shortly to Phab -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9588 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler