{-# OPTIONS -fglasgow-exts #-} {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances #-} -- | Implementing the State Monad as a term algebra -- -- -- module Control.StateAlgebra where import Control.Monad import Control.Monad.State hiding (runState) -- | Monadic actions are terms composed from the following constructors -- data Bind t f = Bind t f data Return v = Return v data Get = Get data Put v = Put v -- | examples of terms term1 = (Return True) `Bind` Put term2 = Get `Bind` (\v -> Put (not v) `Bind` (\() -> Return v)) -- | An example of an ill-formed term term_ill1 = Get `Bind` Get -- | An example of an ill-typed term -- The following term is ill-typed because it attempts to store both -- a boolean and a character in the state. Our state can have only one type. term_ill2 = Put True `Bind` (\() -> Put 'a') -- | The interpreter of monadic actions -- It takes the term 't' and the initial state of the type 's' -- and returns the final state and the resulting value. The type -- of the result, 'a', is uniquely determined by the term and the state -- class RunBind t s a => RunState t s a | t s -> a where runst :: t -> s -> (s,a) instance RunState (Return a) s a where runst (Return a) s = (s,a) instance RunState Get s s where runst _ s = (s,s) instance RunState (Put s) s () where runst (Put s) _ = (s,()) instance (RunState m s a, RunState t s b) => RunState (Bind m (a->t)) s b where runst (Bind m k) s = runbind m k s -- | Interpretation of the Bind action requires an auxiliary class -- This is due to the polymorphism of the monadic bind, which has the -- type -- -- > m a -> (a -> m b) -> m b -- -- Note the polymorphism both in 'a' (value type of the input monadic -- action) and 'b' (value type of the resulting action) -- class RunBind m s a where runbind :: RunState t s b => m -> (a->t) -> s -> (s,b) instance RunBind (Return a) s a where runbind (Return a) k s = runst (k a) s instance RunBind (Get) s s where runbind Get k s = runst (k s) s instance RunBind (Put s) s () where runbind (Put s) k _ = runst (k ()) s instance (RunBind m s x, RunState y s w) => RunBind (Bind m (x->y)) s w where runbind (Bind m f) k s = runbind m (\x -> Bind (f x) k) s -- | We can now run (interpret) our sample terms -- eterm1 = runst term1 False -- (True,()) -- | term2 denoted the action of negating the current state and returning -- the original state eterm2 = runst term2 False -- (True,False) -- eterm_ill1 = runst term_ill1 True -- The above gives an error message saying there is no rule -- to interpret (Bind Get Get) -- Indeed, this term is ill-formed. -- eterm_ill2 = runst term_ill2 True -- The error message says there is no rule (RunState (Put Char) Bool a) -- That is, one can't store a Char in the state of the type Bool. -- The above term is ill-typed indeed. -- | Now, we show that our term representation of the state monad -- is an instance of MonadState data Statte s a = forall t. RunState t s a => Statte t instance RunState (Statte s a) s a where runst (Statte t) s = runst t s instance RunBind (Statte s a) s a where runbind (Statte m) k s = runbind m k s instance Monad (Statte s) where (Statte m) >>= f = Statte (Bind m (\x -> f x)) return = Statte . Return instance MonadState s (Statte s) where get = Statte Get put = Statte . Put -- | We can write computations expressed by term1 and term2 using -- the normal monadic syntax -- -- The following identity function is to resolve polymorphism, to tell -- that monadic terms below should use our representation of MonadState as_statte :: Statte s a -> Statte s a as_statte = id -- term1 = (Return True) `Bind` Put mterm1 = as_statte (return True >>= put) emterm1 = runst mterm1 False -- (True,()) -- term2 = Get `Bind` (\v -> Put (not v) `Bind` (\() -> Return v)) mterm2 = as_statte $ do v <- get put (not v) return v emterm2 = runst mterm2 False -- (True,False)