as long as the operator doesn't sneak into prelude (and thus consuming
namespace for everyone), i don't really care what its called (or if we get
it.)
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones
I quite like that. ($$), that is. Better than (&)
Simon
| -----Original Message----- | From: Libraries [mailto:libraries-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of | Twan van Laarhoven | Sent: 10 October 2013 18:20 | To: libraries@haskell.org | Subject: Re: Flipped function application | | On 10/10/13 16:16, David Menendez wrote: | > we don't need new name suggestions at this point, but: | > | > Consider <**> :: f a -> f (a -> b) -> f b. | > | > That suggests <$$> :: f a -> (a -> b) -> f b by analogy, so maybe $$ | :: a -> (a | > -> b) -> b? This avoids the downsides of & while maybe being less | ugly to | > combine with things than |>. Also, it looks like $, suggesting | they're related. | > | | As a data point: I have in fact used <$$> as (flip fmap) before, with | this exact | reasoning. | | | | Twan | _______________________________________________ | Libraries mailing list | Libraries@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/libraries