So I was thinking how dull and uninspiring the current definiton of Monad really is and came up with some more interesting parameterisations. The only problem with this one is I'm a) not sure if it still is a Monad and b) very unsure if it's of any use. There's the possibility that chucking Cont in there or using newtype to simultate multiple arrows / type lambdas may lead to more interesting instances, but can anyone think of exciting use cases for this stuff? Feel free to fill in the instances! It's also not a parameterisation I've seen before. Matthew
class SuperMonad (m1 :: * -> * -> *) (m2 :: * -> *) where (>>~) :: m1 (m2 a) (m1 (m2 b) (m2 b)) (>>=~) :: m1 (m2 a) (m1 (m1 a (m2 b)) (m2 b)) returns :: m1 a (m2 a)
instance (Monad m) => SuperMonad ((->)) m where (>>~) :: m a -> m b -> m b (>>~) = (>>) (>>=~) :: m a -> (a -> m b) -> m b (>>=~) = (>>=) returns :: a -> m a returns = return
instance (Monad m) => SuperMonad ((,)) m where (>>~) :: (m a, (m b, m b)) (>>=~) :: (m a, ((a, m b), m b)) returns :: (a, m a)
instance (Monad m) => SuperMonad Either m where (>>~) :: Either (m a) (Either (m a) (m b)) (>>=~) :: Either (m a) (Either (Either a (m b)) (m b)) returns :: Either a (m a)
instance (Monad m) => SuperMonad State m where (>>~) :: State (m a) (State (m a) (m b)) (>>=~) :: State (m a) (State (State a (m b)) (m b)) returns :: State a (m a)