+{- | The 'Monad' class defines the basic operations over a /monad/,
+a concept from a branch of mathematics known as /category theory/.
+From the perspective of a Haskell programmer, however, it is best to
+think of a monad as an /abstract datatype/ of actions.
+Haskell's @do@ expressions provide a convenient syntax for writing
+monadic expressions.
+
+Minimal complete definition: '>>=' and 'return'.
+
+Instances of 'Monad' should satisfy the following laws:
+
+> return a >>= k == k a
+> m >>= return == m
+> m >>= (\x -> k x >>= h) == (m >>= k) >>= h
+
+Instances of both 'Monad' and 'Functor' should additionally satisfy the law:
+
+> fmap f xs == xs >>= return . f
+
+The instances of 'Monad' for lists, 'Data.Maybe.Maybe' and 'System.IO.IO'
+defined in the "Prelude" satisfy these laws.
+-}
+