haskell / haskell/core-libraries-committee
Add a right-handed `(:|)` to `Data.List.NonEmpty`
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- Haskell
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Description
Something like this:
```haskell
pattern (:>) :: [a] -> a -> NonEmpty a
pattern xs :> x <- (initLast -> (,) xs x) where
xs :> x = prependList xs $ singleton x
-- Perhaps unexported
initLast :: NonEmpty a -> ([a], a)
initLast (x :| xs) = case Data.List.unsnoc xs of
Nothing -> ([], x)
Just (ys, y) -> (x : ys, y)
```
or if `PatternSynonyms` are not acceptable in base, then a pair of functions comprising an `Iso' (NonEmpty a) ([a], a)`.
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Research direction
Review Data.List.NonEmpty and the proposed right-handed pattern (:) alongside PatternSynonyms and the alternative Iso' approach. Check how initLast would use Data.List.unsnoc, then determine which API shape is appropriate; done means an agreed addition or rejected alternative with corresponding library tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100