[Haskell] ANN: ListLike, a generic interface over list-like structures

[Dan Weston]

I noticed that there is no Data.Foldable context to your FoldableLL 
class. How does your ListLike API work with/compare to/derive from the 
classes in Data.Traversable?

http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc-6.6/packages/base/Data/Traversable.hs

Dan Weston

John Goerzen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the first release of ListLike, a generic
> interface to the various list-like structures in Haskell.
> 
> This grew out of the annoyance at having to handle Strings and
> ByteStrings differently in my code, and has expanded on well past there.
> 
> ListLike implements an API very similar to Data.List, but based on a
> typeclass.  The module ships with instance definitions for lists,
> ByteStrings, lazy ByteStrings, Arrays, and even Maps.
> 
> Additional classes are available for types that implement some
> additional features: String-like behavior, infinite list capability, and
> I/O.
> 
> Finally, an extensive set of default functions is provided.  Only
> minimal effort -- as little as four functions -- are needed to make your
> list-like type an instance of ListLike.
> 
> ListLike is backed by an extensive suite of QuickCheck tests wrapped in HUnit,
> which tests virtually every function against every type.  As of right
> now, 1567 test cases are executed, and all pass.
> 
> Homepage:
>   http://software.complete.org/listlike/
> 
> Download from:
>   http://software.complete.org/listlike/downloads
> 
> API ref:
>   http://software.complete.org/listlike/static/doc/
> 
> Hackage page:
>   http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/ListLike-1.0.0
> 
> -- John
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