module Strongweak ( -- * Instance design -- $strongweak-instance-design -- * Re-exports module Strongweak.Weaken , module Strongweak.Strengthen ) where import Strongweak.Weaken import Strongweak.Strengthen {- $strongweak-instance-design We identify two distinct types of instances for strongweak classes: * /invariant handler:/ removes or adds an invariant * /decomposer:/ transforms through some structural type In order to provide good behaviour and composability, we don't mix both in a single instance. The decomposers are really just convenience to ease instance derivation. In general, decomposers will have a recursive context, and invariant handlers won't. An example is @'Data.List.NonEmpty.NonEmpty' a@. We could weaken this to @[a]@, but also to @['Weak' a]@. However, the latter would mean decomposing and removing an invariant simultaneously. It would be two separate strengthens in one instance. And now, your 'a' must be in the strongweak ecosystem, which isn't necessarily what you want - indeed, it appears this sort of design would require a @'Weak' a = a, weaken = id@ overlapping instance, which I do not want. On the other hand, @[a]@ /does/ weaken to @['Weak' a]@, because there are no invariants present to remove, so decomposing is all the user could hope to do. -}