Add lazily evaluated versions of the conditional functions for applicatives and monads#313
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JoelLefkowitz wants to merge 7 commits intopurescript:masterfrom
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Add lazily evaluated versions of the conditional functions for applicatives and monads#313JoelLefkowitz wants to merge 7 commits intopurescript:masterfrom
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ifM,whenMandunlessMare really helpful for handling monads expressively. However, they require both of the possible outputs to be constructed. This can be problematic when the Monad isEffect, as PureScript is strictly evaluated, since both the side effects will still need to be constructed, even if they are not launched. This is because they may be expensive to compute especially if they use the imported JS functions.Here is an example where a lazily evaluated version
ifM'would be helpful:This PR creates lazy versions of each of the conditional functions for Applicatives and Monads:
ifM'unless'unlessM'when'whenM'This is following the same approach as
maybe':Checklist: