{-# LANGUAGE GADTs, Rank2Types, ScopedTypeVariables #-} {-# LANGUAGE UndecidableInstances, MultiParamTypeClasses, FlexibleInstances #-} -- Search for UndecidableInstances to see why this is needed module Control.Monad.Operational ( -- * Synopsis -- $synopsis -- * Overview -- $intro -- * Monad Program, singleton, ProgramView, view, -- $example interpretWithMonad, -- * Monad transformer ProgramT, ProgramViewT(..), viewT, -- $exampleT liftProgram, ) where import Control.Monad.Identity import Control.Monad.Trans import Control.Applicative -- mtl classes to instantiate. -- Those commented out cannot be instantiated. For reasons see below. -- import Control.Monad.Cont.Class -- import Control.Monad.Error.Class import Control.Monad.Reader.Class import Control.Monad.State.Class -- import Control.Monad.Writer.Class {------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------} {-$synopsis To write a monad, use the 'Program' type. To write a monad transformer, use the 'ProgramT' type. For easier interoperability, the 'Program' type is actually a type synonym and defined in terms of 'ProgramT'. -} {-$intro The basic idea for implementing monads with this libary is to think of monads as /sequences of primitive instructions/. For instance, imagine that you want to write a web application with a custom monad that features an instruction > askUserInput :: CustomMonad UserInput which sends a form to the remote user and waits for the user to send back his input To implement this monad, you decide that this instruction is a primitive, i.e. should not be implemented in terms of other, more basic instructions. Once you have chosen your primitives, collect them in a data type @ data CustomMonadInstruction a where AskUserInput :: CustomMonadInstruction UserInput @ Then, obtain your custom monad simply by applying the 'Program' type constructor > type CustomMonad a = Program CustomMonadInstruction a The library makes sure that it is an instance of the 'Monad' class and fulfills all the required laws. Essentially, the monad you now obtained is just a fancy list of primitive instructions. In particular, you can pattern match on the first element of this "list". This is how you implement an @interpret@ or @run@ function for your monad. Note that pattern matching is done using the 'view' function @ runCustomMonad :: CustomMonad a -> IO a runCustomMonad m = case view m of Return a -> return a -- done, return the result AskUserInput :>>= k -> do b <- waitForUserInput -- wait for external user input runCustomMonad (k b) -- proceed with next instruction @ The point is that you can now proceed in any way you like: you can wait for the user to return input as shown, or you store the continuation @k@ and retrieve it when your web application receives another HTTP request, or you can keep a log of all user inputs on the client side an replay them, and so on. Moreover, you can implement different @run@ functions for one and the same custom monad, which is useful for testing. Also note that the result type of the @run@ function does not need to be a monad at all. In essence, your custom monad allows you to express your web application as a simple imperative program, while the underlying implementation can freely map this to an event-drived model or some other control flow architecture of your choice. The possibilities are endless. More usage examples can be found here: <https://github.com/HeinrichApfelmus/operational/tree/master/doc/examples#readme> -} {------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------------} {-| The abstract data type @'Program' instr a@ represents programs, i.e. sequences of primitive instructions. * The /primitive instructions/ are given by the type constructor @instr :: * -> *@. * @a@ is the return type of a program. @'Program' instr@ is always a monad and automatically obeys the monad laws. -} type Program instr = ProgramT instr Identity -- | View type for inspecting the first instruction. -- It has two constructors 'Return' and @:>>=@. -- (For technical reasons, they are documented at 'ProgramViewT'.) type ProgramView instr = ProgramViewT instr Identity -- | View function for inspecting the first instruction. view :: Program instr a -> ProgramView instr a view = runIdentity . viewT -- | Utility function that extends -- a given interpretation of instructions as monadic actions -- to an interpration of 'Program's as monadic actions. -- -- This function can be useful if you are mainly interested in -- mapping a 'Program' to different standard monads, like the state monad. -- For implementing a truly custom monad, -- you should write your interpreter directly with 'view' instead. interpretWithMonad :: forall instr m b. Monad m => (forall a. instr a -> m a) -> (Program instr b -> m b) interpretWithMonad f = eval . view where eval :: forall a. ProgramView instr a -> m a eval (Return a) = return a eval (m :>>= k) = f m >>= interpretWithMonad f . k {- $example /Example usage/ Stack machine from \"The Operational Monad Tutorial\". > data StackInstruction a where > Push :: Int -> StackInstruction () > Pop :: StackInstruction Int > > type StackProgram a = Program StackInstruction a > type Stack b = [b] > > interpret :: StackProgram a -> (Stack Int -> a) > interpret = eval . view > where > eval :: ProgramView StackInstruction a -> (Stack Int -> a) > eval (Push a :>>= is) stack = interpret (is ()) (a:stack) > eval (Pop :>>= is) (a:stack) = interpret (is a ) stack > eval (Return a) stack = a Note that since 'ProgramView' is a GADT, the type annotation for @eval@ is mandatory. -} {------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ProgramT - monad transformer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------} {-| The abstract data type @'ProgramT' instr m a@ represents programs over a base monad @m@, i.e. sequences of primitive instructions and actions from the base monad. * The /primitive instructions/ are given by the type constructor @instr :: * -> *@. * @m@ is the base monad, embedded with 'lift'. * @a@ is the return type of a program. @'ProgramT' instr m@ is a monad transformer and automatically obeys both the monad and the lifting laws. -} data ProgramT instr m a where Lift :: m a -> ProgramT instr m a Bind :: ProgramT instr m b -> (b -> ProgramT instr m a) -> ProgramT instr m a Instr :: instr a -> ProgramT instr m a -- basic instances instance Monad m => Monad (ProgramT instr m) where return = Lift . return (>>=) = Bind instance MonadTrans (ProgramT instr) where lift = Lift instance Monad m => Functor (ProgramT instr m) where fmap = liftM instance Monad m => Applicative (ProgramT instr m) where pure = return (<*>) = ap -- | Program made from a single primitive instruction. singleton :: instr a -> ProgramT instr m a singleton = Instr -- | View type for inspecting the first instruction. -- This is very similar to pattern matching on lists. -- -- * The case @(Return a)@ means that the program contains no instructions -- and just returns the result @a@. -- -- *The case @(someInstruction :>>= k)@ means that the first instruction -- is @someInstruction@ and the remaining program is given by the function @k@. data ProgramViewT instr m a where Return :: a -> ProgramViewT instr m a (:>>=) :: instr b -> (b -> ProgramT instr m a) -> ProgramViewT instr m a -- | View function for inspecting the first instruction. viewT :: Monad m => ProgramT instr m a -> m (ProgramViewT instr m a) viewT (Lift m) = m >>= return . Return viewT ((Lift m) `Bind` g) = m >>= viewT . g viewT ((m `Bind` g) `Bind` h) = viewT (m `Bind` (\x -> g x `Bind` h)) viewT ((Instr i) `Bind` g) = return (i :>>= g) viewT (Instr i) = return (i :>>= return) {-| Lift a plain sequence of instructions to a sequence of instructions over a monad 'm'. This is the counterpart of the 'lift' function from 'MonadTrans'. It can be defined as follows: @ liftProgram = eval . view where eval :: ProgramView instr a -> ProgramT instr m a eval (Return a) = return a eval (i :>>= k) = singleton i >>= liftProgram . k @ -} liftProgram :: Monad m => Program instr a -> ProgramT instr m a liftProgram (Lift m) = return (runIdentity m) liftProgram (m `Bind` k) = liftProgram m `Bind` (liftProgram . k) liftProgram (Instr i) = Instr i {- $exampleT /Example usage/ List monad transformer. > data PlusI m a where > Zero :: PlusI m a > Plus :: ListT m a -> ListT m a -> PlusI m a > > type ListT m a = ProgramT (PlusI m) m a > > runList :: Monad m => ListT m a -> m [a] > runList = eval <=< viewT > where > eval :: Monad m => ProgramViewT (PlusI m) m a -> m [a] > eval (Return x) = return [x] > eval (Zero :>>= k) = return [] > eval (Plus m n :>>= k) = > liftM2 (++) (runList (m >>= k)) (runList (n >>= k)) Note that since 'ProgramView' is a GADT, the type annotation for @eval@ is mandatory. -} {------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mtl instances * All of these instances need UndecidableInstances, because they do not satisfy the coverage condition. Most of the instance in the mtl package itself have the same issue. * Lifting algebraic operations is easy, lifting control operations is more elaborate, but sometimes possible. See the design notes in `doc/design.md`. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------} instance (MonadState s m) => MonadState s (ProgramT instr m) where get = lift get put = lift . put instance (MonadIO m) => MonadIO (ProgramT instr m) where liftIO = lift . liftIO instance (MonadReader r m) => MonadReader r (ProgramT instr m) where ask = lift ask local r (Lift m) = Lift (local r m) local r (m `Bind` k) = local r m `Bind` (local r . k) local r (Instr i) = Instr i