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ANN: hledger 0.22
by Simon Michael 14 Dec '13

14 Dec '13

Hi all. I have released hledger and hledger-web 0.22. hledger is a command-line tool and haskell library for tracking financial transactions, which are stored in a human-readable plain text format. In addition to reporting, it can also help you record new transactions, or convert CSV data from your bank. Add-on packages include hledger-web (providing a web interface), hledger-irr and hledger-interest. hledger is inspired by and compatible with John Wiegley's Ledger. For more, see http://hledger.org . Install it: cabal update; cabal install hledger [hledger-web] For more installation help, see http://hledger.org/MANUAL.html#installing . Or, sponsor a ready-to-run binary for your platform: http://hledger.org/DOWNLOAD.html . Release notes (http://hledger.org/NEWS.html#hledger-0.22) **New:** - balance: with a reporting interval (monthly, yearly etc.), the [balance command](MANUAL.html#balance) will now show a multi-column report, showing either the per-period changes in balance (by default), the period ending balances starting from zero (`--cumulative`), or the actual period ending balances (`--historical`). A more detailed specification of the balance command's behaviour has been added to Hledger.Cli.Balance. - csv: rules files can now include other rules files, useful for factoring out common rules - queries: `sym:REGEXP` matches commodity symbols - register: `--average/-A` shows a running average, like ledger - in period expressions, `-` (hyphen) can be used as a more compact synonym for `from` and `to`. Eg: `-p 2012/12/1-2013/2/1` or `date:aug-`. - the add-on script examples in extra/ have been updated; get the hledger source and add .../hledger/extra/ to your PATH to make them available. They include: hledger-accountnames.hs - print account names hledger-balance-csv.hs - print a balance report as CSV hledger-equity.hs - print an entry matching all account balances hledger-print-unique.hs - print only journal entries unique descriptions hledger-register-csv.hs - print a register report as CSV **Improved:** - balancesheet: now shows just assets and liabilities, not equity - print: comment positions (same line or next line) are now preserved - queries: `amt` now uses the = operator by default, eg `amt:50` is equivalent to `amt:=50` - command line processing has been overhauled and made more consistent, and now has tests and debug output. More flags now work both before and after COMMAND: `-f`, `--rule-file`, `--alias`, `--help`, `--debug`, `--version`. Command line help, command aliases, API docs and code have been improved. - `--debug` now takes an optional numeric argument to set the debug level higher than 1, for more verbose debug output in a few cases. **Fixed:** - csv: CSV data containing non-ascii characters is now supported - build with latest versions of dependencies (text, warp, http-conduit etc.) **Release contributors:** Marko Kocić, Max Bolingbroke, and a big welcome to first-time committer John Wiegley! :) There's a rumour that a 1.0 release could be next, depending on how this one fares. All feedback welcome. Best! - Simon

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GLUT, FLGW, FLGW-b
by Vlad Lopatin 13 Dec '13

13 Dec '13

Hey guys, I keep reading (wiki) that GLUT is a legacy package and some libraries (e.g. GLFW) are meant to replace it. I also see that some of the GLUT functionality is based on fixed pipeline. What is the current status of Haskell GLUT? Is it 'to stay' or something that is going to be deprecated at some point? Should one try replacing it with GLFW(-b) in a project, if fixed pipeline is not expected to be used? Regards, Vladimir.

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Odd behavior with Num instance for lists (was: f^n for functional iteration)
by Mark Fredrickson 13 Dec '13

13 Dec '13

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Antonio Nikishaev <me(a)lelf.lu> wrote: > > http://hackage.haskell.org/package/NumInstances > The previous exchange prompted me to whip up a Num instance for lists: instance Num a => Num [a] where negate = fmap negate (+) = zipWith (+) (*) = zipWith (+) fromInteger x = [fromInteger x] abs = fmap abs signum = fmap signum It mostly behaves how one would expect: let a = [1,2,3] ghci> let b = [4,5,6,7] ghci> a + b [5,7,9] ghci> 1 + a [2] I was wondering whey `1 + a` succeeds. At first I thought it could be the `fromInteger` definition, but this explanation were true, I should be able to add integers and doubles freely, which I can't: ghci> fromInteger (1::Integer) + (1.0::Double) 2.0 ghci> (1::Integer) + (1.0::Double) <interactive>:30:17: Couldn't match expected type `Integer' with actual type `Double' In the second argument of `(+)', namely `(1.0 :: Double)' ... Thanks for enlightening me. -M

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Re: [Haskell-cafe] f^n for functional iteration
by Doug McIlroy 13 Dec '13

13 Dec '13

Agreeing with the analysis, I will sharpen my question. Is option 2 possible at all, regardless of sanity concerns (e.g. incomplete implementation of Num). Doug > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 at 10:51 AM, Danny Gratzer <danny.gratzer(a)gmail.com> wrote > > Well (^) is already used for their traditional meaning and using this exact > operator would require > > 1. Shadowing (^) from prelude > 2. Making (a -> a) an instance of Num (impossible to do sanely) > > You can just use a different operator > > f .^. n = foldl (.) id $ replicate n f > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu>wrote: > > > Is there a trick whereby the customary notation f^n for iterated > > functional composition ((\n f -> foldl (.) id (replicate n f)) n f) can > > be defined in Haskell? > > > > Doug McIlroy

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Way to implement toFloat :: (Num a) => a -> Float
by EatsKittens 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

Is there a way to add a method to a typeclass like num to implement this concept? A function that converts any number to floats?

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ANN - csound-expression 3.1 library for electronic music
by Anton Kholomiov 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

I'm glad to announce the new version of the csound-expression [1] package. It's the library for electronic music and sound design. Here is a full description [2] In the new version it supports GUI-widgets. You can not only create sound instruments but update parameters onlne with sliders, knobs and buttons. There are many other widgets. You can find out the details in the quick start guide [3] and the examples [4]. Anton [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/package/csound-expression [2] https://github.com/anton-k/csound-expression [3] https://github.com/anton-k/csound-expression/blob/master/tutorial/QuickStar… [4] https://github.com/anton-k/csound-expression/tree/master/examples/Gui

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SENIOR HASKELL OPPORTUNITY
by Neena Singh 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

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GLFW/GLFW-b ambiguity
by Vlad Lopatin 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

Hey guys, I am messing with OpenGL and here's the question: GLFW-b is supposed to be based on GLFW and extend it. How come GLFW-b naming is ambiguous with GLFW? GLFW-b main module is named the same as GLFW (import Graphics.UI.GLFW), making it necessary to hide one of the libraries via ghc-pkg hide, or to use a language extension in order to solve ambiguity. I am tempted to consider it a bug, unless somebody knows a good reason for it to be called a feature. Am I missing something? Regards, Vladimir

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Haskell Weekly News: Issue 287
by Daniel Santa Cruz 12 Dec '13

12 Dec '13

Welcome to (the "I'm not dead yet") issue 287 of the HWN, an issue covering crowd-sourced bits of information about Haskell from around the web. This issue covers the very long span of time from November 10 to December 07, 2013. Quotes of the Week * chrisdone: monads are like a finger pointing away to the moon. *smack* don't look at the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory * quchen: A group with an associative law is called a group. * chrisdone: i swim in a sea of parens and it warms me like rays of the sun * zomg: my client tells me weekly how I've saved his company. Then I goto haskell and I'm like "I have no idea what I'm doing lul" * pigworker: The usual style is to write as if everything is inductive, and if it still works on infinite data, to pat ourselves on the back for using Haskell rather than ML. Top Reddit Stories * Honorary Doctorate for Simon Peyton Jones - On December 3 2013 Simon Peyton Jones was honoured by the University of Glasgow with the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Domain: dcs.gla.ac.uk, Score: 166, Comments: 18 On Reddit: [1] http://goo.gl/XLezZO Original: [2] http://goo.gl/WqC2EN * Hell: A Haskell shell Domain: github.com, Score: 114, Comments: 53 On Reddit: [3] http://goo.gl/6ogD6n Original: [4] http://goo.gl/YCzNT3 * Löb and möb: strange loops in Haskell Domain: github.com, Score: 95, Comments: 35 On Reddit: [5] http://goo.gl/8bF5Op Original: [6] http://goo.gl/GqzuP0 * Explanation of the new Haskell records extension Domain: well-typed.com, Score: 88, Comments: 70 On Reddit: [7] http://goo.gl/419sYv Original: [8] http://goo.gl/g24kLB * FP Complete IDE now free for community use. Give it a try! Domain: fpcomplete.com, Score: 86, Comments: 65 On Reddit: [9] http://goo.gl/OJh2Oz Original: [10] http://goo.gl/2FYHa * The Haskell Cast #4 - Simon Marlow on Parallelism and Concurrency Domain: haskellcast.com, Score: 82, Comments: 13 On Reddit: [11] http://goo.gl/kzNEz3 Original: [12] http://goo.gl/yrUDXL * 24 Days of Hackage: scotty Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 74, Comments: 16 On Reddit: [13] http://goo.gl/CoUanr Original: [14] http://goo.gl/a83HZg * Idris 0.9.10 released Domain: idris-lang.org, Score: 73, Comments: 21 On Reddit: [15] http://goo.gl/0OnlPV Original: [16] http://goo.gl/MKtbxu * 24 Days of Hackage: threepenny-gui Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 68, Comments: 4 On Reddit: [17] http://goo.gl/vSTpc0 Original: [18] http://goo.gl/Hmjqzq * 24 Days of Hackage: linear Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 66, Comments: 43 On Reddit: [19] http://goo.gl/dcFHGg Original: [20] http://goo.gl/R9c0bh * 24 Days of Hackage: tasty Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 65, Comments: 4 On Reddit: [21] http://goo.gl/xIwvgk Original: [22] http://goo.gl/aUJGLJ * 24 Days of Hackage: 2013 in Review Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 64, Comments: 11 On Reddit: [23] http://goo.gl/ideT63 Original: [24] http://goo.gl/DQYDar * Hacking Haskell in nightclubs (x-post from /r/programming) Domain: vice.com, Score: 60, Comments: 30 On Reddit: [25] http://goo.gl/ezuhIJ Original: [26] http://goo.gl/bD3vnN * 24 Days of Hackage: extensible-effects Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 60, Comments: 25 On Reddit: [27] http://goo.gl/5T2brL Original: [28] http://goo.gl/q2hVM0 * From Object Oriented Programming to Functional Programming - Inheritance and the Expression Problem Domain: github.com, Score: 58, Comments: 62 On Reddit: [29] http://goo.gl/fFldOR Original: [30] http://goo.gl/n5nHYo * I've been working on a small roguelike in Haskell Domain: github.com, Score: 56, Comments: 26 On Reddit: [31] http://goo.gl/mojdIu Original: [32] http://goo.gl/fT9DLB * Chordify: Get the chords to any song, using Haskell ! Domain: chordify.net, Score: 55, Comments: 19 On Reddit: [33] http://goo.gl/YfcHEu Original: [34] http://goo.gl/19apd * Merging, Folding, Monoids, and Foldable Domain: mtnviewmark.wordpress.com, Score: 53, Comments: 5 On Reddit: [35] http://goo.gl/GtoDKp Original: [36] http://goo.gl/QJsd7L * 24 Days of Hackage: persistent & esqueleto Domain: ocharles.org.uk, Score: 49, Comments: 14 On Reddit: [37] http://goo.gl/97eeUF Original: [38] http://goo.gl/TL8P7V * Haskell From Scratch - Series about making a non-trivial app from the ground up. Domain: youtube.com, Score: 46, Comments: 2 On Reddit: [39] http://goo.gl/sPV7rs Original: [40] http://goo.gl/KslDE4 Top StackOverflow Questions * What does (f .) . g mean in Haskell? votes: 17, answers: 2 Read on SO: [41] http://goo.gl/2i3GNc * LaTeX natural deduction proofs using Haskell votes: 13, answers: 0 Read on SO: [42] http://goo.gl/uH1K2u * Lazily Tying the Knot for 1 Dimensional Dynamic Programming votes: 13, answers: 4 Read on SO: [43] http://goo.gl/1kZQkK * What does Clojure borrow from Haskell? [on hold] votes: 12, answers: 0 Read on SO: [44] http://goo.gl/DsqKhp * Meaning of `<-` in do block in Haskell votes: 10, answers: 4 Read on SO: [45] http://goo.gl/JOJiFy * Why is function composition in Haskell right associative? votes: 10, answers: 1 Read on SO: [46] http://goo.gl/mURUDZ * Is there a library or typeclass for getting the transformer version of a monad? votes: 9, answers: 1 Read on SO: [47] http://goo.gl/k81E1h * How to implement B+ tree in Haskell? votes: 9, answers: 2 Read on SO: [48] http://goo.gl/lkwh8Z * Delimiting the IO monad votes: 9, answers: 2 Read on SO: [49] http://goo.gl/x3RlXO Until next time, [50]+Daniel Santa Cruz References 1. http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~muffy/SPJ_oration.pdf 2. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1sbfmb/honorary_doctorate_for_simo… 3. https://github.com/chrisdone/hell 4. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1r755t/hell_a_haskell_shell/ 5. https://github.com/quchen/articles/blob/master/loeb-moeb.md 6. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1qwjk6/l%C3%B6b_and_m%C3%B6b_stran… 7. http://www.well-typed.com/blog/84 8. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1rpte3/explanation_of_the_new_hask… 9. https://www.fpcomplete.com/ 10. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1qzioh/fp_complete_ide_now_free_fo… 11. http://www.haskellcast.com/episode/004-simon-marlow-on-parallelism-and-conc… 12. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1rexqq/the_haskell_cast_4_simon_ma… 13. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-12-05-24-days-of-hackage-scotty.html 14. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1s65bl/24_days_of_hackage_scotty/ 15. http://www.idris-lang.org/idris-0-9-10-released/ 16. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1rn4d6/idris_0910_released/ 17. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-12-07-24-days-of-hackage-threepenny-… 18. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1sc67q/24_days_of_hackage_threepen… 19. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-12-02-24-days-of-hackage-linear.html 20. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1rximk/24_days_of_hackage_linear/ 21. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-12-03-24-days-of-hackage-tasty.html 22. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1s0t1f/24_days_of_hackage_tasty/ 23. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-12-01-24-days-of-hackage-intro.html 24. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1rv45n/24_days_of_hackage_2013_in_… 25. http://www.vice.com/read/algorave-is-the-future-of-dance-music-if-youre-an-… 26. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1riror/hacking_haskell_in_nightclu… 27. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-12-04-24-days-of-hackage-extensible-… 28. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1s3oba/24_days_of_hackage_extensib… 29. https://github.com/Dobiasd/articles/blob/master/from_oop_to_fp_-_inheritanc… 30. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1quhrl/from_object_oriented_progra… 31. https://github.com/dvolk/hoodie 32. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1r248j/ive_been_working_on_a_small… 33. http://chordify.net/ 34. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1r7sh1/chordify_get_the_chords_to_… 35. https://mtnviewmark.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/mfmf/ 36. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1rz8cn/merging_folding_monoids_and… 37. http://ocharles.org.uk/blog/posts/2013-12-06-24-days-of-hackage-persistent-… 38. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1s9fyb/24_days_of_hackage_persiste… 39. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxj9UAX4Em-Ij4TKwKvo-SLp-Zbv-hB4B 40. http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/1s48bm/haskell_from_scratch_series… 41. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20279306/what-does-f-g-mean-in-haskell 42. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19919431/latex-natural-deduction-proofs-… 43. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20159269/lazily-tying-the-knot-for-1-dim… 44. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20411148/what-does-clojure-borrow-from-h… 45. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19961941/meaning-of-in-do-block-in-haske… 46. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20342860/why-is-function-composition-in-… 47. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20066858/is-there-a-library-or-typeclass… 48. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20309501/how-to-implement-b-tree-in-hask… 49. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20318936/delimiting-the-io-monad 50. https://plus.google.com/105107667630152149014/about

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striping non-alphanumericals
by Joerg Fritsch 11 Dec '13

11 Dec '13

I have the following code snippet: import System.IO import Data.String.Utils main = withFile "test.txt" ReadMode $ \handle -> do xs <- getwords handle sequence_ $ map putStrLn (escapeRe xs) getwords :: Handle -> IO [String] getwords h = hGetContents h >>= return . words What I want to to there is to get i.e. "word," or "word!" etc. and arrive at "word". I understand that escapeRe may do this. However, I always get some sort of mismatch errors like this: test.hs:6:38: Couldn't match type `Char' with `[Char]' Expected type: [String] Actual type: String In the return type of a call of `escapeRe' In the second argument of `map', namely `(escapeRe xs)' In the second argument of `($)', namely `map putStrLn (escapeRe xs)' test.hs:6:47: Couldn't match type `[Char]' with `Char' Expected type: String Actual type: [String] In the first argument of `escapeRe', namely `xs' In the second argument of `map', namely `(escapeRe xs)' In the second argument of `($)', namely `map putStrLn (escapeRe xs)' Now I have three questions: 1. Is escapeRe the right function to use here? 2. What do I do wrong? 3. I read in the Real World Haskell book that actually all these file/string operations are very very slow. The recommendation is to work with bytestrings instead. Is there any (fast) way to strip non-alphanumericals from bytestrings? Thanks, --Joerg

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