Re: [Haskell-cafe] concatMap generalizes to msumMap?

S. Alexander Jacobson writes:

I don't think that is right. concatMap has definition

concatMap :: (a -> [b]) -> [a] -> [b] concatMap f xs = concat $ map f xs

Therefore:

msumMap :: (MonadPlus m) => (a1 -> m a) -> [a1] -> m a msumMap f list = msum $ fmap f list

Assuming your goal is to generalize by replacing (++) with mplus, you want this: msumMap f = foldr (mplus . f) mzero It isn't in the standard libraries, so you'll have to define it yourself. -- David Menendez | "In this house, we obey the laws http://www.eyrie.org/~zednenem | of thermodynamics!"