On 12/25/2012 09:59 AM, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote:

Say I have things like:

data LongDec = LongDef a b c ... x y z
values = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', ... 'x', 'y', 'z' ]

Now I want them to be "LongDef 'a' 'b' 'c' ... 'x' 'y' 'z'".
In form, this is something like folding. But since the type changes, so
code like following won't work:

foldl (\def value -> def value) LongDef values

Is it possible to do this in some way?
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This hack works, in case that helps:

{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances, MultiParamTypeClasses #-}

data LongDec = LongDef Char Char Char Char Char Char
  deriving Show

values = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'x', 'y', 'z' ]

class Apply a b c where
  apply :: b -> [a] -> c
instance Apply a b b where
  apply = const
instance (Apply a b c) => Apply a (a -> b) c where
  apply f (x:xs) = apply (f x) xs

main = print (apply LongDef values :: LongDec)

It requires an explicit type annotation to fix type parameter 'c'. It cannot be a function type. (I am not sure why though.)


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