Or I guess partial could be changed. Whatever.
Nikita Volkov wrote:
>>> I propose to add the following utility function into |Control.Applicative|:
>>> |cond :: (Alternative f) => (a -> Bool) -> a -> f a
>>> cond p a = if p a then pure a else empty
Roman Cheplyaka wrote:
> * guardp (for "predicate")
> * guardf (for "function")
> * guardWith
> I wouldn't be opposed to cond, either.
Oliver Charles wrote:
> I tend to use `pure` and `mfilter` for this case:
> \x -> fromMaybe 0 $ mfilter (> 0) $ pure (x - 10)
I reach for this all the time and find it lacking.
In an attempt to be merciful to some of my readers,
I avoid Ollie's very nice mfilter solution and refactor
instead.
+1
Regarding the name - all of the suggestions of
Nikita and Roman are fine with me. Let's just
build this bikeshed!
Thanks,
Yitz
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