I came up with the following, but perhaps someone more familiar with TH could clean it up. pickler :: String -> Q Exp pickler con = do x <- newName "x" [| \pu -> wrap ($(conE con'), $(lamE [conP con' [varP x]] (varE x))) pu |] where con' = mkName con -- in a separate module: puAvgPot = $(pickler "AvgPot") endian - Cale On 08/11/05, Joel Reymont <joelr1@gmail.com> wrote:
Folks,
How can I create a generic pickler that's parameterized on type and constructor?
I define types like this:
newtype AvgPot = AvgPot Word64 deriving (Show, Typeable) newtype NumberOfPlayers = NumberOfPlayers Word16 deriving (Show, Typeable)
and then have a lot of boiler-plate code like this, a pickler for each type:
puAvgPot :: PU AvgPot puAvgPot = wrap (\a -> AvgPot a, \(AvgPot b) -> b) endian
where
data PU a = PU { appP :: (a, [Word8]) -> [Word8], appU :: [Word8] -> (a, [Word8]) }
wrap :: (a -> b, b -> a) -> PU a -> PU b
What I would like to have is a generic pickler that's parameterized on constructor and type. These can and will be the same, though. I want something like this, how can it be done in Template Haskell or otherwise?
pickler :: PU T pickler Con pa = wrap (\a -> Con a, \(Con b) -> b) pa
Thanks, Joel
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