Popularity
7.0
Stable
Activity
0.0
Stable
15
5
6

Monthly Downloads: 28
Programming language: Haskell
License: BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
Tags: Data     Comonads     Total    
Latest version: v0.1.0

total-map alternatives and similar packages

Based on the "data" category.
Alternatively, view total-map alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.

Do you think we are missing an alternative of total-map or a related project?

Add another 'data' Package

README

The usual finite map type (Map from Data.Map) is not an applicative functor, as it doesn't have a pure. Consequently, it's also not a monad. On the other hand, we can decompose Map into two parts: a total map, and Maybe, i.e.,

type Map k v = TMap k (Maybe v)

The type TMap of total maps does have Applicative and Monad instances, and hence this hypothetically rebuilt Map would as well.

The idea for TMap is introduced in the paper Denotational design with type class morphisms. The meaning Map k v is given by its semantic function

(!) :: Map k v -> (k -> v)

The type class morphism (TCM) principle then exactly dictates the meanings of several class instances for TMap, including Functor, Applicative, Monad, and Monoid. For instance, (!) must be a monoid (homo)morphism, i.e.,

(!) mempty == mempty
(!) (s `mappend` t) == (!) s `mappend` (!) t

The current implementation of TMap is via Data.Map.