On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Tillmann Rendel wrote:
Hi,
James Cook wrote:
As far as Control.Applicative, I'm not sure to what package you're referring. That label doesn't apply to modules, it applies to packages, and Control.Applicative is a part of the "base" package (which is not labeled experimental).
On http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/latest/doc/html/Control-App... , in the upper right corner, the module is marked as "experimental". I think this is a Haddock feature, not a Hackage feature.
Ah, I did not realize it did that. Looking at the source I see that it is indeed in a haddock comment. In that case, I'll go back and respond to the original question. I do not know why it's labeled experimental, but would hazard a wild guess that it's because the relation of Applicative to Monad is still an open question. -- James