I had an idea whose goal is to ease people into Foldable, Traversable, etc.

There could be a notation that shows the generalization that is occurring.

map :: Functor [_] => (a -> b) -> [a] -> [b]

This means that the syntax for the list type is now syntax for the variable created by the Functor constraint.

Adding such a thing to the language is probably not a good idea, but someone might possibly like such a notation for pedagogy. Of course, it will be pointed out that a Functor is not just a container. But Foldable is sometimes expressed as "anything that toList can be called on", so it should make sense there.

Greg Weber

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