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== Alternative Implementation ==
== Alternative Implementation ==
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This implementation has the advantage that it provides a polymorphic version of {{{callCC}}} for all instances of MonadCont from {{{Control.Monad.Cont}}}. I also added {{{shift}}} and {{{reset}}} functions for using ComposableContinuations.
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This implementation has the advantage that it provides a polymorphic version of <hask>callCC</hask> for all instances of MonadCont from <hask>Control.Monad.Cont</hask>. I also added <hask>shift</hask> and <hask>reset</hask> functions for using ComposableContinuations.
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All of this is presumably meant to be under the MIT license, since it wants to be in the library. --[[User:SamB|SamB]] 22:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
All of this is presumably meant to be under the MIT license, since it wants to be in the library. --[[User:SamB|SamB]] 22:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
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Revision as of 22:51, 30 October 2006

The Cont class MonadCont defined in the monad template library could be improved if you are willing to use rank two polymorphism.

Notice the change in the signature of
callCC
. This allows one to use the passed continuation in different situations inside a
callCC
block. However, you will have to provide an explicit signature for the function you are calling
callCC
with.

1 Possible Implementation 

newtype Cont r a = Cont { runCont :: ((a -> r) -> r) } -- r is the final result type of the whole computation
 
class (Monad m) => MonadCont m where
    callCC :: ((a -> (forall b. m b)) -> m a) -> m a
 
instance Monad (Cont r) where
    return a = Cont (\k -> k a)                             -- i.e. return a = \k -> k a
    (Cont c) >>= f = Cont (\k -> c (\a -> runCont (f a) k)) -- i.e. c >>= f = \k -> c (\a -> f a k)
 
instance MonadCont (Cont r) where
    callCC f = Cont (\k -> runCont (f (\a -> Cont (\_ -> k a))) k)

2 Alternative Implementation

This implementation has the advantage that it provides a polymorphic version of
callCC
for all instances of MonadCont from
Control.Monad.Cont
. I also added
shift
and
reset
functions for using ComposableContinuations. 
{-# OPTIONS -fglasgow-exts -fno-warn-unused-binds -cpp #-}
module ContExts (
    callCC',
    shift, reset, shiftT, resetT,
  ) where
 
import Control.Monad.Cont
 
-- Cont' m a is the type of a continuation expecting an a within the 
-- continuation monad Cont m
type Cont' m a = forall r. a -> m r
 
callCC' :: forall a m. MonadCont m => (Cont' m a -> m a) -> m a
#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ > 602
callCC' f = callCC f' where
#else
callCC' (f :: ((a -> (forall b. m b)) -> m a) ) = callCC f' where
#endif
  f' :: (a -> m (EmptyMonad m)) -> m a
  f' g = f g' where
    g' :: a -> m b
    g' = (=<<) runEmptyMonad . g
 
-- ghc doesn't allow something like m (forall c. m c)
newtype EmptyMonad m = EmptyMonad { runEmptyMonad :: forall c. m c }
 
-- shift/reset for the Cont monad
shift :: ((a -> Cont s r) -> Cont r r) -> Cont r a
shift e = Cont $ \k -> e (return . k) `runCont` id
 
reset :: Cont a a -> Cont r a 
reset e = return $ e `runCont` id
 
-- shiftT/resetT for the ContT monad transformer
shiftT :: Monad m => ((a -> ContT r m s) -> ContT s m s) -> ContT s m a
shiftT e = ContT $ \k -> e (lift . k) `runContT` return
 
resetT :: Monad m => ContT a m a -> ContT r m a
resetT e = lift $ e `runContT` return

All of this is presumably meant to be under the MIT license, since it wants to be in the library. --SamB 22:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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