#11815: Data.List: Add a function to get consecutive elements (mapConsecutives) -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: holmisen | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: low | Milestone: Component: | Version: libraries/base | Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- A recurring pattern is to get a list of all consecutive elements of a list, for further processing. I propose adding the following function to `Data.List` for this: {{{ mapConsecutives :: (a -> a -> b) -> [a] -> [b] mapConsecutives _ [] = [] mapConsecutives f xs = zipWith f xs (tail xs) }}} Since it requires pattern matching, to separate the empty case, it is not practical to inline at each use site. Sidenote: A similar function `mapAdjacent` is available in the `utility- ht` library (with a partial implementation(!)) [1]. I realise that `Data.List` is often imported unqualified and hence additions may cause trouble. I would have raised this on the libraries mailing list first, but the guidelines for proposals pointed me here. [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/package/utility-ht-0.0.11/docs/Data-List- HT.html#v:mapAdjacent -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11815 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler