December 2014 - Haskell-Cafe

Having a very annoying problem related with (I think) lazy IO
by Ömer Sinan Ağacan 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

Hi all, I'm having a horrible bug in my program: a print statement that doesn't force any values(e.g. it just prints a static string) effecting the behavior of the program. I tried hard to produce a minimal example, but couldn't manage it. So instead I'm just going to point to the source code of my program: https://github.com/osa1/rho-torrent/blob/master/src/Rho/Listener.hs#L125 If I remove this print statement everything goes weird. I think when I remove this statement some effects are not happening, or happening in wrong times. Here's how I'm testing the different behavior: This is a network application and I'm creating an environment in my system and making this program talk to another program. I run my program 10 times without the print statement, and run 10 times with it. Both groups produce same output in every time, but outputs of first group and second group are different from each other. (apart from extra prints, of course) So this print statement effects some other things, and expected behavior is the one happening with print statement. I know the program is big for anyone to figure things in short amount of time, I'm just looking for tips and pitfalls that I may be falling. Does anyone have any ideas what I may be doing wrong? Note that the program doesn't use any unsafe stuff. Thanks in advance.

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Typesafe multi-table PostgreSQL queries in Yesod with schema names?
by Manuel Gómez 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

Hi list, I’m looking for a rather specific point in the design space for database access libraries in Haskell and I’m having some trouble figuring out whether any existing library covers my use cases. Specifically, I need to 1. get a Yesod application to access a PostgreSQL database without having to reinvent the universe to get them decently integrated, 2. write queries in an EDSL with a good approach to composability and decent static verification against some declared form of the database objects, 3. be able to perform joins 4. be able to specify the schema name for each database object used in queries These are the closest solutions I’ve found: * HaskellDB: seems like the best approach to the EDSL issue and it’s certainly capable of performing joins, and I haven’t looked into schema names, but it seems possible — but it seems to be poorly maintained and somewhat abandoned, and comfortable Yesod integration doesn’t sound like a lot of fun. * Persistent: it’s perfectly integrated into Yesod, and together with Esqueleto, it provides a nice, typesafe and fully expressive EDSL — but, as far as I can tell, there is no support for specifying schema names, which is essential for my use case. * Groundhog: Yesod integration is reasonable since Persistent borrowed a good bit of its design, and after a few weeks of experimenting, I’ve got it pretty much worked out by now, but while it certainly takes an interesting and solid approach to the EDSL issue, it seems completely incapable of performing joins, and hence its usability is very heavily limited — I don’t fancy creating SQL views for each and every join I need. * postgresql-simple: minimal Yesod integration shouldn’t be too uncomfortable, since Persistent uses it internally anyway, and it can certainly do joins and use whatever fancy SQL magic I could ever want to write, certainly including schema names — but it doesn’t really do anything for statically checking queries against a schema specification or for composability and code reuse, and I might as well just use Persistent to do raw SQL. I’ve breifly looked at modifying Persistent to add support for schema names, but I got lost in the source code very quickly, and I worry about the fact that it requires serial primary keys — Groundhog is *very* nice in that it has a great approach to DBMS-specific syntax and other things I’ll probably need (non-numeric and composite keys), but it’s really a shame that it can’t do joins, and the workaround with views sort of defeats the purpose of SQL abstraction. I’m not sure what to do about this. Is there some grand unified relational database access library I just haven’t found, or is a pull request the only solution?

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Using Docker to ease the pain of building GHC
by Sean Seefried 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

Hi all, I wrote a blog post recently on my experience of using Docker to relieve the pain of developing a GHC cross compiler build script. I thought it might be helpful. http://lambdalog.seanseefried.com/posts/2014-12-12-docker-build-scripts.html Sean

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Linker troubles with cabal sandbox
by Zach Moazeni 12 Dec '14

12 Dec '14

Hello folks, I'm getting some linker trouble in the form of: "Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: ... ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64" When trying to compile a simple hashtables example https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hashtables-1.2.0.0 I came across a previous thread with a solution https://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2014-October/116469.html but it's not working for me. Here are the steps I'm taking and the verbose errors: https://gist.github.com/zmoazeni/b68c66f5e15654948946 Can someone give me a hand? Thanks! Zach

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Re: [Haskell-cafe] Standard output of exec
by Michael Snoyman 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

That's not going to be sufficient; you could end up in a deadlock by not flushing the output buffer of the child process. Have a look at the implementation of readProcess to see how to deal with some of these tricky issues in the lazy I/O world: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/process-1.2.0.0/docs/src/System-Process.… On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 6:40:54 PM Derek McLoughlin < derek.mcloughlin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Something like this would work: > > import System.Process > import System.IO > import System.Exit > > readExecOutput :: String -> [String] -> IO () > readExecOutput cmdName cmdOptions = do > (_, Just hOut, _, jHandle) <- > createProcess (proc cmdName cmdOptions) > { cwd = Just "." > , std_out = CreatePipe > } > exitCode <- waitForProcess jHandle > exec_output <- hGetContents hOut > case exitCode of > ExitSuccess -> putStr $ "Success!\n" ++ exec_output > _ -> putStrLn "Command failed" > > > Derek. > > On Thursday, 11 December 2014 13:29:34 UTC, Ernesto Rodriguez wrote: > >> Hi Michael, >> >> Thank you for your answer. Conduits certainly are the best approach, but >> the output I am going to read is very short and the external program will >> only be called once or twice per execution so I think Lazy IO won't be >> problematic here. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Ernesto >> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Michael Snoyman <mic...(a)snoyman.com> >> wrote: >> > You can use readProcess[1], but it has some downsides: >>> >>> 1. Can't specify all options to CreateProcess, e.g., working directory >>> and environment variables. >>> 2. Relies on lazy I/O >>> >>> I use Data.Conduit.Process[2] for this kind of thing, which has a full >>> tutorial[3]. However, it *does* involve non-base dependencies. >>> >>> [1] http://www.stackage.org/haddock/2014-12-10-ghc78-exc/ >>> process-1.2.0.0/System-Process.html#v:readProcess >>> [2] http://www.stackage.org/haddock/2014-12-10-ghc78-exc/ >>> conduit-extra-1.1.4.2/Data-Conduit-Process.html >>> [3] https://www.fpcomplete.com/user/snoyberg/library- >>> documentation/data-conduit-process?show=tutorials >>> >>> On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 11:11:12 AM Ernesto Rodriguez <ne...(a)netowork.me> >>> wrote: >>> >> Dear All, >>>> >>>> I have a program which invokes an external program via exec. I wish to >>>> capture the standard output of the program without using external >>>> (temporary) files. Is it possible to create an in memory handle which I can >>>> tell exec to use as standard output of the invoked program. It would be >>>> great if it can be done without any extra dependencies. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ernesto Rodriguez >>>> >>>> Masters Student >>>> Computer Science >>>> Utrecht University >>>> >>>> www.netowork.me >>>> github.com/netogallo >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>>> >>> Haskel...(a)haskell.org >>>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ernesto Rodriguez >> >> Masters Student >> Computer Science >> Utrecht University >> >> www.netowork.me >> github.com/netogallo >> >> >>

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Haskell Weekly News: Issue 313
by Daniel Santa Cruz 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

Welcome to issue 313 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers from November 16 to December 6, 2014 Quotes of the Week * Dijkstra: How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity (in short: what mathematicians call "elegance") are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure? * Dijkstra: Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better. * monochrom: those who have learned from history are bound to helplessly watch other people repeat it. Top Reddit Stories * 24 Days of GHC Extensions: Welcome! Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 140, Comments: 24 Original: [1] http://goo.gl/HvjuvJ On Reddit: [2] http://goo.gl/4Skf5Z * How I Start: Haskell Domain: howistart.org, Score: 120, Comments: 11 Original: [3] http://goo.gl/T2OCwj On Reddit: [4] http://goo.gl/1bGl7I * Lucid: templating DSL for HTML Domain: chrisdone.com, Score: 105, Comments: 59 Original: [5] http://goo.gl/JJsJlT On Reddit: [6] http://goo.gl/jyvkHu * Erik Meijer planning to make Category theory for programmers MOOC Domain: imgur.com, Score: 105, Comments: 45 Original: [7] http://goo.gl/ZnCi6Z On Reddit: [8] http://goo.gl/8vOFP0 * An opportunity in Singapore Domain: self.haskell, Score: 98, Comments: 31 Original: [9] http://goo.gl/X0OBAE On Reddit: [10] http://goo.gl/X0OBAE * Dan Piponi working on an audio synthesis tool written in Haskell Domain: plus.google.com, Score: 90, Comments: 1 Original: [11] http://goo.gl/J83NRS On Reddit: [12] http://goo.gl/Cbhx8x * GHC and LLVM: The State of the Union Domain: smart-cactus.org, Score: 86, Comments: 13 Original: [13] http://goo.gl/CA7R4C On Reddit: [14] http://goo.gl/l3L8H7 * Learning Haskell as a Nonprogrammer Domain: superginbaby.wordpress.com, Score: 84, Comments: 77 Original: [15] http://goo.gl/9Q1ufS On Reddit: [16] http://goo.gl/Yqni7Y * Announcing Opaleye: SQL-generating embedded domain specific language for Postgres Domain: self.haskell, Score: 84, Comments: 85 Original: [17] http://goo.gl/HoMXjj On Reddit: [18] http://goo.gl/HoMXjj * Deploy any Haskell application. Instantly. Domain: halcyon.sh, Score: 79, Comments: 27 Original: [19] http://goo.gl/sxQWKk On Reddit: [20] http://goo.gl/5V2dMj * Haskell for all: How to build library-agnostic streaming sources Domain: haskellforall.com, Score: 75, Comments: 26 Original: [21] http://goo.gl/1QcyRf On Reddit: [22] http://goo.gl/eYwlBp * Image Processing with Comonads Domain: jaspervdj.be, Score: 74, Comments: 33 Original: [23] http://goo.gl/GZu2oc On Reddit: [24] http://goo.gl/Xsh0z9 * 24 Days of GHC Extensions: View Patterns Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 69, Comments: 39 Original: [25] http://goo.gl/uN3PLf On Reddit: [26] http://goo.gl/2YZ1r0 * Well-Typed are hiring! Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 68, Comments: 36 Original: [27] http://goo.gl/DxYgrT On Reddit: [28] http://goo.gl/2imRKu * 24 Days of GHC Extensions: Pattern Synonyms Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 65, Comments: 20 Original: [29] http://goo.gl/j75DP8 On Reddit: [30] http://goo.gl/VTvCof * How lazy evaluation works Domain: hackhands.com, Score: 63, Comments: 30 Original: [31] http://goo.gl/YPOFaM On Reddit: [32] http://goo.gl/w2uKGJ * Learn You an Agda Domain: williamdemeo.github.io, Score: 59, Comments: 61 Original: [33] http://goo.gl/hQ5DaT On Reddit: [34] http://goo.gl/2I00Zh * 24 Days of GHC Extensions: Record Wildcards Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 59, Comments: 38 Original: [35] http://goo.gl/BnXqjA On Reddit: [36] http://goo.gl/yBzMoY * Functional Programming Patterns (BuildStuff '14) Domain: slideshare.net, Score: 55, Comments: 15 Original: [37] http://goo.gl/fzo56I On Reddit: [38] http://goo.gl/XCy482 * The GHCJS guys are working on TH cross compiling Domain: thread.gmane.org, Score: 54, Comments: 15 Original: [39] http://goo.gl/XyA4FS On Reddit: [40] http://goo.gl/eRULJH * Silk is looking for a Haskell engineer Domain: self.haskell, Score: 53, Comments: 21 Original: [41] http://goo.gl/eB10Wa On Reddit: [42] http://goo.gl/eB10Wa * Keera studios: Haskell games & adventure engine for Android, beta testers wanted! Domain: keera.co.uk, Score: 53, Comments: 8 Original: [43] http://goo.gl/rk7Wrx On Reddit: [44] http://goo.gl/ciCbYp * 24 Days of GHC Extensions: Bang Patterns Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 51, Comments: 34 Original: [45] http://goo.gl/X4Huvh On Reddit: [46] http://goo.gl/eHmymQ * Let's Build a Browser Engine in Haskell: part 6 Domain: hrothen.github.io, Score: 49, Comments: 4 Original: [47] http://goo.gl/mDnmpX On Reddit: [48] http://goo.gl/96aLMl * A Docker build script for GHC 7.8.3 cross-compiler targeting Android Domain: github.com, Score: 49, Comments: 21 Original: [49] http://goo.gl/uCsMNK On Reddit: [50] http://goo.gl/KvY3JX * amazonka - Comprehensive Amazon Web Services SDK Domain: self.haskell, Score: 46, Comments: 17 Original: [51] http://goo.gl/Yi18LS On Reddit: [52] http://goo.gl/Yi18LS * 24 Days of GHC Extensions: Rebindable Syntax (guest post by Benjamin Kovach) Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 46, Comments: 14 Original: [53] http://goo.gl/7e3J1I On Reddit: [54] http://goo.gl/jJJONL * Haskell Communities and Activities Report — November 2014 Domain: haskell.org, Score: 45, Comments: 6 Original: [55] http://goo.gl/7dfgQk On Reddit: [56] http://goo.gl/fME8UF * A taste of State: parsers are easy Domain: nikita-volkov.github.io, Score: 44, Comments: 4 Original: [57] http://goo.gl/HF4R3O On Reddit: [58] http://goo.gl/d7bLLV * Hybrid server/client Haskell web apps / Michael Snoyman Domain: youtube.com, Score: 42, Comments: 31 Original: [59] http://goo.gl/IbxCkI On Reddit: [60] http://goo.gl/Yjx8wj * Nix: The Cabal Purgatory HOWTO Domain: cse.chalmers.se, Score: 41, Comments: 45 Original: [61] http://goo.gl/pxdnYA On Reddit: [62] http://goo.gl/2uE8ya * Ranjit Jhala talks about Liquid Haskell Domain: youtu.be, Score: 41, Comments: 14 Original: [63] http://goo.gl/EAubrl On Reddit: [64] http://goo.gl/f1D8iz * A quick and easy Emacs configuration for Haskell Domain: github.com, Score: 39, Comments: 16 Original: [65] http://goo.gl/8akoJo On Reddit: [66] http://goo.gl/Ma8iDO Top StackOverflow Questions * Turning A => M[B] into M[A => B] votes: 22, answers: 2 Read on SO: [67] http://goo.gl/P4AXC2 * When are type signatures necessary in Haskell? votes: 19, answers: 3 Read on SO: [68] http://goo.gl/9YcgHo * Boilerplate-free annotation of ASTs in Haskell? votes: 18, answers: 4 Read on SO: [69] http://goo.gl/dNv5kU * Can fusion see through newtype wrappers? votes: 17, answers: 1 Read on SO: [70] http://goo.gl/00ONhp * Haskell: Why use Proxy? votes: 17, answers: 2 Read on SO: [71] http://goo.gl/bWRvVN * Is Haskell's laziness an elegant alternative to Python's generators? votes: 16, answers: 3 Read on SO: [72] http://goo.gl/oblTSW * Type inference interferes with referential transparency votes: 16, answers: 7 Read on SO: [73] http://goo.gl/2nIW1x * What exactly is the kind “*” in Haskell? votes: 15, answers: 2 Read on SO: [74] http://goo.gl/sOXwgi * What's the difference between partial evaluation and function inlining in a functional language? votes: 14, answers: 1 Read on SO: [75] http://goo.gl/AOZuCH Until next time, [76]+Daniel Santa Cruz References 1. https://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2014-12-01-24-days-of-ghc-extensions.html 2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2nyy5z/24_days_of_ghc_extensions_w… 3. http://howistart.org/posts/haskell/1 4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2mkbay/how_i_start_haskell/ 5. http://chrisdone.com/posts/lucid 6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2my5bc/lucid_templating_dsl_for_ht… 7. http://imgur.com/OQbeouW 8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2o5m95/erik_meijer_planning_to_mak… 9. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2nkjdq/an_opportunity_in_singapore/ 10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2nkjdq/an_opportunity_in_singapore/ 11. https://plus.google.com/107913314994758123748/posts/9EQP1xqsQZ6 12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2nsdkq/dan_piponi_working_on_an_au… 13. 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Polykinded promoted types
by Gautier DI FOLCO 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Hi all, Is there a way to get a Polykinded promoted type. For example with *Maybe* I get: data *Maybe* a = Just a | Nothing Prelude> :k *Maybe* *Maybe* :: ** -> ** Is it possible to get a *k -> **? If so, how can I do that? Thanks in advance for your help, Regards.

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Cabal builds file at top level incorrectly
by Tom Ellis 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Cabal's behaviour is strange to me. My example cabal file is as follows: name: break version: 0.1 cabal-version: >= 1.2 build-type: Simple library hs-source-dirs: src build-depends: base >= 4 && < 5 exposed-modules: Break and I have a module `src/Break.hs` that I want it to compile. That would work fine. But if I have another file at the top-level caled `Break.hs` it compiles that one instead. It also seems to want it to be an executable. What's going on? Full reproduction below. You can see it is trying to compile `Break.hs` not `src/Break.hs`. % git clone https://github.com/tomjaguarpaw/break.git Cloning into 'break'... [...] % cd break % cabal configure && cabal test Resolving dependencies... Configuring break-0.1... Re-configuring with test suites enabled. If this fails, please run configure manually. Resolving dependencies... Configuring break-0.1... Building break-0.1... Preprocessing library break-0.1... [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( Break.hs, dist/build/Main.o ) Break.hs:1:1: The function `main' is not defined in module `main:Main'

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Why doesn't text-icu work on 64 bit Windows?
by Yitzchak Gale 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

The text-icu library works fine with a 32 bit build of GHC on Windows. But with a 64 bit build of GHC, any use of a function from this library causes a segfault. See the issue on github for simple instructions for how to reproduce the problem: https://github.com/bos/text-icu/issues/12 As far as we know now, this could be caused by any of the following: 1. Some difference in the way ICU builds their DLLs for 64 bit Windows. 2. Some difference in the FFI bindings that is needed specifically for 64 bit Windows. 3. A problem with GHC's linking on 64 bit Windows. 4. A problem with Cabal, e.g., some option or flag that needs to be passed by default on 64 bit Windows. This is an important (and extremely high quality, thanks to Bryan O'Sullivan) library for the community, and very important for us, so I'm posting about the issue here to raise visibility. Any ideas about possible approaches to investigate or eliminate any of the above possibilities would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Yitz

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[ANN] servant 0.2 - trying to rethink webservices and APIs
by Alp Mestanogullari 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

Hello -cafe, These past few weeks, with Sönke Hahn and Julian Arni, we've been working on a complete rewrite of servant, a library whose aim is to assist as much as possible in writing webservices. We came up with a (type-level) "API combinator" based design, that lets us declare webservice APIs, implement handlers that serve those APIs, derive client functions in Haskell and Javascript to query those endpoints and generate documentation. This is all very composable, you can write your own combinators or write your own interpretation of an API's type, or just use the "standard" ones already provided by the core library. Here's an announcement post with an example: http://alpmestan.com/posts/2014-12-09-rethinking-webservices-apis-haskell.h… Getting started guide: http://haskell-servant.github.io/getting-started/ The reddit discussion (in case you prefer reddit to here for such discussions): http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2orb8t/rethinking_webservice_and_a… All 4 libraries are installable with a simple 'cabal install', have a decent amount of documentation and accompanying examples. We would be glad to hear any kind of feedback or ideas -- we're already deploying servant webservices in our respective companies so it suits our use cases, but we would gladly discuss new combinators and what not. -- Alp Mestanogullari

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