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free-applicative-t: Free Applicative Transformer

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The free applicative transformer ApT, in the same sense FreeT (from the package "free") is the free monad transformer.

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Versions [RSS] 0.1.0.0
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Dependencies base (>=4.14.0.0 && <5), free (>=5.0.1 && <5.3) [details]
Tested with ghc ==8.10.7, ghc ==9.0.2, ghc ==9.2.5, ghc ==9.4.4
License BSD-3-Clause
Copyright 2022 Koji Miyazato
Author Koji Miyazato
Maintainer viercc@gmail.com
Revised Revision 1 made by viercc at 2023-12-22T06:34:26Z
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Home page https://github.com/viercc/functor-monad/tree/main/free-applicative-t
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free-applicative-t

This package provides ApT, the "free" "applicative transformer" filling the empty corner in the table below.

Free -transformer
Monad Free FreeT
Applicative Ap ???

Why not Control.Applicative.Trans.Free?

There already is a type designated to be the free applicative transformer: ApT in the package free. Why do we do it again?

The applicative defined in Control.Applicative.Trans.Free is different to what this package provides. The difference is clear in how it is interpreted to another applicative:

-- "free" Control.Applicative.Trans.Free
runApT :: (Applicative h, Functor g) => (forall a. f a -> h a) -> (forall a. g (h a) -> h a) -> ApT f g b -> h b

-- "free-applicative-t" Control.Applicative.Trans.FreeAp
foldApT :: forall f g h b. Applicative h => (forall a. f a -> h a) -> (forall a. g a -> h a) -> ApT f g b -> h b

Although I (the author) believe this package provides the free applicative transformer under the most natural interpretation of "free" and "applicative transformer," the term "applicative transformer" has never been defined clearly and thus "free" thing of the "applicative transformer" hasn't been too. Because of this ambiguity, I want it to be another take on the Free Applicative Transformer, rather than the patch to the "free" package replacing the current Control.Applicative.Trans.Free.