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\section{Combined monads}\label{sec:combined-monads}
In this section we introduce combined monads which are parameterized
by another monads. This technique has been explored
in~\cite{KingWadler93:Combining} and very extensively
in~\cite{LiangHudakJones95:ModInterp}. The monad transformers used in
this report are mostly copied from the latter. Some restrictions were
necessary because Haskell~98 does not support multi-parameter type
classes. Especially, we cannot define generic lift operations because
they have to be parameterized over two monad classes. In addition, we
cannot define generic state and environment monad classes.
\begin{verbatim}
> module Combined where
> import Control.Monad
> import Data.IORef
> import Error
\end{verbatim}
\subsection{Identity monad}
The identity monad only serves as a base monad if no other monad --
usually either \texttt{[]} or \texttt{IO} -- can be used. It allows to
derive the usual -- i.e. unparameterized -- state and environment
monads.
Unfortunately, we cannot define \texttt{Id} as a \texttt{newtype}
because of a bug in the nhc compiler.
\begin{verbatim}
> -- newtype Id a = Id a
> data Id a = Id a
> unId :: Id a -> a
> unId (Id x) = x
> instance Functor Id where
> fmap f (Id x) = Id (f x)
> instance Monad Id where
> return x = Id x
> Id x >>= k = k x
> callId :: Id a -> a
> callId = unId
\end{verbatim}
\subsection{State transformers}
The state transformer monad is defined as usual, except that the
result of the state transformer function is itself a monad. The
unparameterized version is defined by using the identity monad
\texttt{Id} for the base monad.
\begin{verbatim}
> newtype StateT s m a = StateT (s -> m (a,s))
> type St s a = StateT s Id a
> unStateT :: StateT s m a -> (s -> m (a,s))
> unStateT (StateT st) = st
> instance Functor f => Functor (StateT s f) where
> fmap f (StateT st) = StateT (fmap (\(x,s') -> (f x,s')) . st)
> instance Monad m => Monad (StateT s m) where
> return x = StateT (\s -> return (x,s))
> StateT st >>= f = StateT (\s -> st s >>= \(x,s') -> unStateT (f x) s')
> fail msg = StateT (const (fail msg))
> instance MonadPlus m => MonadPlus (StateT s m) where
> mzero = StateT (const mzero)
> StateT st `mplus` StateT st' = StateT (\s -> st s `mplus` st' s)
> liftSt :: Monad m => m a -> StateT s m a
> liftSt m = StateT (\s -> m >>= \x -> return (x,s))
> callSt :: Monad m => StateT s m a -> s -> m a
> callSt (StateT st) s = st s >>= return . fst
> runSt :: St s a -> s -> a
> runSt st = callId . callSt st
\end{verbatim}
In addition to the standard monad functions, state monads should
provide means to fetch and change the state. With multi-parameter type
classes, one could use the following class:
\begin{verbatim}
class Monad m => StateMonad s m where
update :: (s -> s) -> m s
fetch :: m s
change :: s -> m s
fetch = update id
change = update . const
instance Monad m => StateMonad s (StateT s m) where
update f = StateT (\s -> return (s,f s))
\end{verbatim}
Unfortunately multi-parameter type classes are not available in
Haskell~98. Therefore we define the corresponding instance functions
for each state monad class separately. Here are the functions for the
state transformers.
\begin{verbatim}
> updateSt :: Monad m => (s -> s) -> StateT s m s
> updateSt f = StateT (\s -> return (s,f s))
> updateSt_ :: Monad m => (s -> s) -> StateT s m ()
> updateSt_ f = StateT (\s -> return ((),f s))
> fetchSt :: Monad m => StateT s m s
> fetchSt = updateSt id
> changeSt :: Monad m => s -> StateT s m s
> changeSt = updateSt . const
\end{verbatim}
Currying and uncurrying for state monads has been implemented
in~\cite{Fokker95:JPEG}. Here we extend this implementation to the
parametric monad classes.
\begin{verbatim}
> stCurry :: Monad m => StateT (s,t) m a -> t -> StateT s m (t,a)
> stCurry (StateT st) t =
> StateT (\s -> st (s,t) >>= \(x,(s',t')) -> return ((t',x),s'))
> stUncurry :: Monad m => (t -> StateT s m (t,a)) -> StateT (s,t) m a
> stUncurry f =
> StateT (\(s,t) -> let (StateT st) = f t
> in st s >>= \((t',x),s') -> return (x,(s',t')))
\end{verbatim}
\subsection{Environment monad}
A variant of the state transformer monad is the environment monad
which is also known as (state) reader monad.
\begin{verbatim}
> data ReaderT r m a = ReaderT (r -> m a)
> type Rt r a = ReaderT r Id a
> unReaderT :: ReaderT r m a -> (r -> m a)
> unReaderT (ReaderT rt) = rt
> instance Functor f => Functor (ReaderT r f) where
> fmap f (ReaderT rt) = ReaderT (fmap f . rt)
> instance Monad m => Monad (ReaderT r m) where
> return x = ReaderT (\_ -> return x)
> ReaderT rt >>= f = ReaderT (\r -> rt r >>= \x -> unReaderT (f x) r)
> fail msg = ReaderT (const (fail msg))
> instance MonadPlus m => MonadPlus (ReaderT r m) where
> mzero = ReaderT (\_ -> mzero)
> ReaderT rt `mplus` ReaderT rt' = ReaderT (\r -> rt r `mplus` rt' r)
> liftRt :: Monad m => m a -> ReaderT r m a
> liftRt m = ReaderT (\_ -> m)
> callRt :: ReaderT r m a -> r -> m a
> callRt (ReaderT rt) r = rt r
> runRt :: Rt r a -> r -> a
> runRt rt = callId . callRt rt
\end{verbatim}
Similar to the state monad class, an environment monad class which
provides functions to access the current state and to run an
environment monad in a given state could be defined as follows:
\begin{verbatim}
class Monad m => EnvMonad r m where
env :: m r
putEnv :: r -> m a -> m a
instance Monad m => EnvMonad r (ReaderT r m) where
env = ReaderT return
putEnv r (ReaderT rt) = ReaderT (\_ -> rt r)
\end{verbatim}
Again, this requires multi-parameter type classes; thus we define the
appropriate instance functions for the type \texttt{ReaderT} instead.
\begin{verbatim}
> envRt :: Monad m => ReaderT r m r
> envRt = ReaderT return
> putEnvRt :: Monad m => r -> ReaderT r m a -> ReaderT r m a
> putEnvRt r (ReaderT rt) = ReaderT (\_ -> rt r)
\end{verbatim}
Currying can also be applied to state reader monads.
\begin{verbatim}
> rtCurry :: Monad m => ReaderT (r,t) m a -> t -> ReaderT r m a
> rtCurry (ReaderT rt) t = ReaderT (\r -> rt (r,t))
> rtUncurry :: Monad m => (t -> ReaderT r m a) -> ReaderT (r,t) m a
> rtUncurry f = ReaderT (\(r,t) -> let (ReaderT rt) = f t in rt r)
\end{verbatim}
A state reader transformer can be transformed trivially into a state
transformer monad. This is handled by the combinator \texttt{ro}.
\begin{verbatim}
> ro :: Monad m => ReaderT r m a -> StateT r m a
> ro (ReaderT rt) = StateT (\s -> rt s >>= \x -> return (x,s))
\end{verbatim}
\subsection{Error monad}
Another useful monad defined in~\cite{LiangHudakJones95:ModInterp} is
the error monad.
\begin{verbatim}
> data ErrorT m a = ErrorT (m (Error a))
> unErrorT :: ErrorT m a -> m (Error a)
> unErrorT (ErrorT m) = m
> instance Functor f => Functor (ErrorT f) where
> fmap f (ErrorT m) = ErrorT (fmap (fmap f) m)
> instance Monad m => Monad (ErrorT m) where
> return = ErrorT . return . Ok
> fail = ErrorT . return . Error
> ErrorT m >>= f = ErrorT (m >>= k)
> where k (Ok x) = unErrorT (f x)
> k (Error msg) = return (Error msg)
> instance MonadPlus m => MonadPlus (ErrorT m) where
> mzero = ErrorT mzero
> ErrorT m `mplus` ErrorT m' = ErrorT (m `mplus` m')
> liftErr :: Monad m => m a -> ErrorT m a
> liftErr = ErrorT . liftM Ok
> callErr :: ErrorT m a -> m (Error a)
> callErr = unErrorT
\end{verbatim}
\subsection{Mutable variables}
All major Haskell implementations provide some kind of mutable state
variables. In order to be able to lift these operations to the
combined monads approach, we define a class for handling these
references. Currently this is restricted to the use of mutable
variables in the \texttt{IO} monad.\footnote{We use the interface
provided by Hugs and ghc and provide compatibility implementations for
hbc and nhc that adapt the respective implementations to the one used
here. See appendix~\ref{sec:hbc-ioexts} and~\ref{sec:nhc-ioexts} for
details.}
\begin{verbatim}
> type Ref a = IORef a
> class Monad m => RefMonad m where
> newRef :: a -> m (Ref a)
> readRef :: Ref a -> m a
> writeRef :: Ref a -> a -> m ()
> instance RefMonad IO where
> newRef = newIORef
> readRef = readIORef
> writeRef = writeIORef
\end{verbatim}
\subsection{Lifting operations}
In order to use the operations of one the classes defined above in
another monad, the appropriate \texttt{lift}\dots{} combinators have
to be applied. The following instance declarations automatically
provide these lifting operations. Unfortunately we cannot define such
implicit lifting operations for neither the state monad functions nor
the environment monad functions as we were unable to define those
classes.
\begin{verbatim}
> -- Reference monad
> instance RefMonad m => RefMonad (ErrorT m) where
> newRef = liftErr . newRef
> readRef = liftErr . readRef
> writeRef ref = liftErr . writeRef ref
> instance RefMonad m => RefMonad (ReaderT s m) where
> newRef = liftRt . newRef
> readRef = liftRt . readRef
> writeRef ref = liftRt . writeRef ref
> instance RefMonad m => RefMonad (StateT s m) where
> newRef = liftSt . newRef
> readRef = liftSt . readRef
> writeRef ref = liftSt . writeRef ref
\end{verbatim}