Add concept of isomorphisms to hints?
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Description
There are many hints that are split into multiple definitions, such as:
- warn: {lhs: isLower a || isUpper a, rhs: isAlpha a}
- warn: {lhs: isUpper a || isLower a, rhs: isAlpha a}
It would be nice to be able to declare isomorphic expressions only once, e.g. x || y = y || x, mapM_ = flip forM_, etc, and have hints automagically exploded into all equivalent versions. Has this idea been explored before?
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Research direction
Start by reviewing how HLint represents and expands hint definitions, then search for existing handling of equivalent expressions. Determine whether declaring isomorphisms such as commutativity or function equivalence can be supported without ambiguous or excessive hint expansion. Done means the design is agreed and equivalent hint forms are generated consistently, with tests covering the examples in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100