CurryN.hs

{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
module Symantic.Base.CurryN where

import Data.Function (($), (.))

import Symantic.Base.ADT (Tuples)

-- * Class 'CurryN'
-- | Produce and consume 'Tuples'.
-- Not actually useful for the Generic side of this module,
-- but related through the use of 'Tuples'.
class CurryN args where
  -- Like 'curry' but for an arbitrary number of nested 2-tuples.
  curryN :: (Tuples args -> res) -> args-..->res
  -- Like 'uncurry' but for an arbitrary number of nested 2-tuples.
  uncurryN :: (args-..->res) -> Tuples args -> res
  -- Like 'fmap' on @('->')@ but for an arbitrary number of arguments.
  mapresultN :: (a->b) -> (args-..->a) -> args-..->b
instance CurryN '[a] where
  curryN = ($)
  uncurryN = ($)
  mapresultN = (.)
instance CurryN (b ': as) => CurryN (a ': b ': as) where
  curryN f x = curryN @(b ': as) (\xs -> f (x, xs))
  uncurryN f (x, xs) = uncurryN @(b ': as) (f x) xs
  mapresultN f as2r = mapresultN @(b ': as) f . as2r

-- ** Type family ('-..->')
type family (args :: [*]) -..-> (r :: *) :: * where
  '[]        -..-> r = r
  (a : args) -..-> r = a -> args -..-> r
-- ** Type family 'Args'
type family Args (f :: *) :: [*] where
  Args (a -> r) = a : Args r
  Args r = '[]
-- ** Type family 'Result'
type family Result (as :: *) :: * where
  Result (a -> r) = Result r
  Result r = r