Re: Proposal #3339: Add (+>) as a synonym for mappend

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Ross Paterson wrote:

This proposal seems to have got stuck.  Everyone wants an infix operator, but we can't agree what it should be.

I prefer using a new operator instead of generalizing ++ (or +, *, && or ||), because I think that a monoid operation is so abstract that it needs a name that doesn't suggest one of the special cases.  (I like <>)

I agree. <> really seems to fit well, even if it *does* reinforce the idea that Monoid is for gluing things together -- which, you know, it really is rather good for.