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3 -- Module : Control.Monad.Monoid
4 -- Copyright : (c) Andy Gill 2001,
5 -- (c) Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology, 2001
6 -- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/core/LICENSE)
8 -- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org
9 -- Stability : experimental
10 -- Portability : non-portable ( requires mulit-parameter type classes )
12 -- $Id: Monoid.hs,v 1.1 2001/06/28 14:15:02 simonmar Exp $
14 -- Declaration of the Monoid class,and instances for list and functions
16 -- Inspired by the paper
17 -- \em{Functional Programming with Overloading and
18 -- Higher-Order Polymorphism},
19 -- \A[HREF="http://www.cse.ogi.edu/~mpj"]{Mark P Jones},
20 -- Advanced School of Functional Programming, 1995.}
21 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
23 module Control.Monad.Monoid (
29 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
34 mappend :: a -> a -> a
37 -- Now the default for mconcat. For most types, this
38 -- default will be used, but is included in the class definition so
39 -- that optimized version of mconcat can be provided
40 -- for specific types.
42 mconcat = foldr mappend mempty
46 instance Monoid [a] where
50 instance Monoid (a -> a) where
54 instance Monoid () where
55 -- Should it be strict?