{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses, FunctionalDependencies #-} {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances, FlexibleContexts #-} {-# LANGUAGE EmptyDataDecls, ScopedTypeVariables, KindSignatures #-} -- | Haskell with only one typeclass -- -- -- -- -- -- How to make ad hoc overloading less ad hoc while defining no -- type classes. -- For clarity, we call as Haskell1 the language Haskell98 -- with no typeclass declarations but with a single, pre-defined typeclass C -- (which has two parameters related by a functional dependency). -- The programmers may not declare any typeclasses; but they -- may add instances to C and use them. We show on a series of examples that -- despite the lack of typeclass declarations, Haskell1 can express all -- the typeclass code of Haskell98 plus multi-parameter type classes -- and even some (most useful?) functional dependencies. -- -- Haskell1 is not a new language and requires no new compilers; -- rather, it is a subset of the current Haskell. The `removal' of typeclass -- declarations is merely the matter of discipline. -- -- -- module Data.Class1 where -- | The one and only type class present in Haskell1 class C l t | l -> t where ac :: l -> t __ = __ -- short synonym for undefined -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | Example 1: Building overloaded numeric functions, the analogue of Num. -- The following defines overloaded numeric functions `a la carte'. We -- shall see how to bundle such methods into what Haskell98 calls `classes' -- data Add a -- auxiliary labels data Mul a data FromInteger a instance C (Add Int) (Int->Int->Int) where ac _ x y = x + y -- | We can now define the generic addition. We use the operation +$ -- to avoid the confusion with Prelude.(+) infixl 6 +$ -- | In H98, the overloaded addition was a method. In Haskell1, it is an -- ordinary (bounded polymorphic) function -- The signature looks a bit ugly; we'll see how to simplify it a bit (+$) :: forall a. C (Add a) (a->a->a) => a -> a -> a (+$) = ac (__:: Add a) ta1 = (1::Int) +$ 2 +$ 3 -- 6 -- | Let's define the addition for floats instance C (Add Float) (Float->Float->Float) where ac _ x y = x + y -- | We now illustrate overloading over datatypes other than basic ones. -- We define dual numbers (see Wikipedia) data Dual a = Dual a a deriving Show -- | We define the addition of Duals inductively, with the addition over -- base types as the base case. -- We could have eliminated the mentioning (a->a->a) and replaced with some -- type t. But then we would need the undecidable instance extension... -- instance C (Add a) (a->a->a) => C (Add (Dual a)) (Dual a->Dual a->Dual a) where ac _ (Dual x1 y1) (Dual x2 y2) = Dual (x1 +$ x2) (y1 +$ y2) -- | The following test uses the previously defined +$ operation, which -- now accounts for duals automatically. -- As in Haskell98, our overloaded functions are extensible. ta2 = let x = Dual (1::Int) 2 in x +$ x -- Dual 2 4 -- | Likewise define the overloaded multiplication infixl 7 *$ instance C (Mul Int) (Int->Int->Int) where ac _ x y = x * y instance C (Mul Float) (Float->Float->Float) where ac _ x y = x * y instance (C (Add a) (a->a->a), C (Mul a) (a->a->a)) => C (Mul (Dual a)) (Dual a->Dual a->Dual a) where ac _ (Dual x1 y1) (Dual x2 y2) = Dual (x1 *$ x2) (x1 *$ y2 +$ y1 *$ x2) -- | Here is a different, perhaps simpler, way of defining signatures of -- overloaded functions. The constraint C is inferred and no longer has -- to be mentioned explicitly mul_sig :: a -> a -> a; mul_sig = undefined mul_as :: a -> Mul a; mul_as = undefined x *$ y | False = mul_sig x y x *$ y = ac (mul_as x) x y -- | fromInteger conversion -- This numeric operation is different from the previous in that -- the overloading is resolved on the result type only. The function -- `read' is another example of such a `producer' instance C (FromInteger Int) (Integer->Int) where ac _ = fromInteger instance C (FromInteger Float) (Integer->Float) where ac _ = fromInteger instance (C (FromInteger a) (Integer->a)) => C (FromInteger (Dual a)) (Integer->Dual a) where ac _ x = Dual (frmInteger x) (frmInteger 0) -- | and the corresponding overloaded function (which in Haskell98 was a method) -- Again, we chose a slightly different name to avoid the confusion with -- the Prelude frmInteger :: forall a. C (FromInteger a) (Integer->a) => Integer -> a frmInteger = ac (__::FromInteger a) -- | We can define generic function at will, using already defined overloaded -- functions. For example, genf x = x *$ x *$ (frmInteger 2) tm1 = genf (Dual (1::Float) 2) +$ (frmInteger 3) -- Dual 5.0 8.0 -- For completeness, we implement the quintessential Haskell98 function, Show. data SHOW a instance C (SHOW Int) (Int->String) where ac _ = show instance C (SHOW Float) (Float->String) where ac _ = show instance (C (SHOW a) (a->String)) => C (SHOW (Dual a)) (Dual a -> String) where ac _ (Dual x y) = "(|" ++ shw x ++ "," ++ shw y ++ "|)" shw :: forall a. C (SHOW a) (a->String) => a->String shw = ac (__::SHOW a) ts1 = shw tm1 -- "(|5.0,8.0|)" -- | Finally, we demonstrate overloading of non-functional values, such as -- minBound and maxBound. These are not `methods' in the classical sense. -- data MinBound a instance C (MinBound Int) Int where ac _ = minBound instance C (MinBound Bool) Bool where ac _ = False mnBound :: forall a. C (MinBound a) a => a mnBound = ac (__::MinBound a) tmb = mnBound::Int -- -2147483648 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Constructor classes and Monads -- | We are defining a super-set of monads, so called `restricted monads'. -- Restricted monads include all ordinary monads; in addition, we can -- define a SET monad. See -- -- data RET (m :: * -> *) a data BIND (m :: * -> *) a b ret :: forall m a. C (RET m a) (a->m a) => a -> m a ret = ac (__::RET m a) bind :: forall m a b. C (BIND m a b) (m a->(a -> m b)->m b) => (m a->(a -> m b)->m b) bind = ac (__::BIND m a b) -- | Define two sample monads -- instance C (RET Maybe a) (a -> Maybe a) where ac _ = Just instance C (BIND Maybe a b) (Maybe a -> (a->Maybe b) -> Maybe b) where ac _ Nothing f = Nothing ac _ (Just x) f = f x instance C (RET (Either e) a) (a -> Either e a) where ac _ = Right instance C (BIND (Either e) a b) (Either e a -> (a->Either e b) -> Either e b) where ac _ (Right x) f = f x ac _ (Left x) f = Left x -- | An example of using monads and other overloaded functions tmo = (tmo' True, tmo' False) where tmo' x = let t = if x then Nothing else ret (1::Int) v = t `bind` (\x -> ret (x +$ (frmInteger 1))) in shw v -- ("Nothing","Just 2") instance C (SHOW a) (a->String) => C (SHOW (Maybe a)) (Maybe a->String) where ac _ Nothing = "Nothing" ac _ (Just x) = "Just " ++ shw x