ndmitchell / ndmitchell/hoogle
Applicative search strategy
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Description
The special handling of (->) means that we can't easily find functions for queries that need to use the a -> functor. See here, for example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47779818/is-there-a-standard-function-that-computes-f-x-g-x
A special case like what we do for Maybe-returning query variants might do pretty well.
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Research direction
Start by examining Hoogle's special handling of the (-e) functor and the analogous handling for Maybe-returning query variants. Reproduce the linked Stack Overflow search case and compare current results. Done means queries requiring the a -> functor can find applicable functions without breaking existing query behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100