
29 May
2016
29 May
'16
5:21 p.m.
Data.Sequence offers index :: Seq a -> Int -> a which throws an error if the index is out of range. I'd like to add something like indexMay :: Seq a -> Int -> Maybe a Aside from the safety factor, indexMay would offer a way to ensure the indexing occurs at a particular time. Much like Data.Vector.indexM, this can help prevent memory leaks. In fact, an analogue of indexM can be implemented in terms of indexMay: indexM :: Applicative m => Seq a -> Int -> m a indexM xs i = case xs `indexMay` i of Nothing -> error "indexM: index out of range" Just x -> pure x