+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Lift combinators
+-- These are used throughout the compiler
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-- | Lift an 'IO' operation with 1 argument into another monad
+liftIO1 :: MonadIO m => (a -> IO b) -> a -> m b
+liftIO1 = (.) liftIO
+
+-- | Lift an 'IO' operation with 2 arguments into another monad
+liftIO2 :: MonadIO m => (a -> b -> IO c) -> a -> b -> m c
+liftIO2 = ((.).(.)) liftIO
+
+-- | Lift an 'IO' operation with 3 arguments into another monad
+liftIO3 :: MonadIO m => (a -> b -> c -> IO d) -> a -> b -> c -> m d
+liftIO3 = ((.).((.).(.))) liftIO
+
+-- | Lift an 'IO' operation with 4 arguments into another monad
+liftIO4 :: MonadIO m => (a -> b -> c -> d -> IO e) -> a -> b -> c -> d -> m e
+liftIO4 = (((.).(.)).((.).(.))) liftIO
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------