var-monad vs ifcxt

var-monad

The VarMonad typeclass, as defined by "Type Classes: an exploration of the design space" by SPJ et al, 1997. (by chris-martin)

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ifcxt

constraint level if statements (by mikeizbicki)

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var-monad		ifcxt
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-	Mentions	4
2	Stars	110
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	over 6 years ago
Haskell	Language	Haskell
Apache License 2.0	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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var-monad

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ifcxt

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5 projects | /r/haskell | 2 Aug 2022

Even the IfCtx "tricks" and stuff like /u/Noughtmare's post don't resolve the constraints at runtime. The constraints are still resolved statically, you just carry around a (constant) token that indicates how compile-time resolution went.
Different `Num` instances based on availability of another instance.
2 projects | /r/haskell | 29 Jul 2022
How do I define this super-unsafe type class (not internally consistent at all 😱)
3 projects | /r/haskell | 15 Feb 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing var-monad and ifcxt you can also consider the following projects:

contravariant - Haskell 98 contravariant functors

capability - Extensional capabilities and deriving combinators

record - Anonymous records

auto - Haskell DSL and platform providing denotational, compositional api for discrete-step, locally stateful, interactive programs, games & automations. http://hackage.haskell.org/package/auto

safe-exceptions - Safe, consistent, and easy exception handling

transient-universe - A Cloud monad based on transient for the creation of Web and reactive distributed applications that are fully composable, where Web browsers are first class nodes in the cloud

effect-monad - Provides 'graded monads' and 'parameterised monads' to Haskell, enabling fine-grained reasoning about effects.

distributed-closure - Serializable closures for distributed programming.

rio-orphans - A standard library for Haskell

objective - Purely functional objects