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CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD ><FONT SIZE="6" >Data.DList</FONT ></TD ><TD ALIGN="right" ><TABLE CLASS="narrow" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Portability</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >portable (Haskell 98)</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Stability</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >experimental</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="infohead" >Maintainer</TD ><TD CLASS="infoval" >dons@cse.unsw.edu.au</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><B >Contents</B ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="#1" >Construction </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#2" >Basic functions </A ></DT ><DT ><A HREF="#3" >MonadPlus </A ></DT ></DL ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Description</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Difference lists: a data structure for O(1) append on lists. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Synopsis</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >newtype</SPAN > <A HREF="#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a = <A HREF="#v%3ADL" >DL</A > {<TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="recfield" ><A HREF="#v%3AunDL" >unDL</A > :: [a] -> [a]</TD ></TR ></TABLE >}</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AfromList" >fromList</A > :: [a] -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AtoList" >toList</A > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> [a]</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Aempty" >empty</A > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Asingleton" >singleton</A > :: a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Acons" >cons</A > :: a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Asnoc" >snoc</A > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Aappend" >append</A > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Aconcat" >concat</A > :: [<A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a] -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Areplicate" >replicate</A > :: Int -> a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Alist" >list</A > :: b -> (a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> b) -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> b</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Ahead" >head</A > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Atail" >tail</A > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Aunfoldr" >unfoldr</A > :: (b -> Maybe (a, b)) -> b -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Afoldr" >foldr</A > :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> b</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3Amap" >map</A > :: (a -> b) -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > b</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s8" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A HREF="#v%3AmaybeReturn" >maybeReturn</A > :: MonadPlus m => Maybe a -> m a</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" >Documentation</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><SPAN CLASS="keyword" >newtype</SPAN > <A NAME="t:DList" ><A NAME="t%3ADList" ></A ></A ><B >DList</B > a </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="ndoc" ><P >A difference list is a function that given a list, returns the original contents of the difference list prepended at the given list </P ><P >This structure supports <EM >O(1)</EM > append and snoc operations on lists, making it very useful for append-heavy uses, such as logging and pretty printing. </P ><P >For example, using DList as the state type when printing a tree with the Writer monad </P ><PRE > import Control.Monad.Writer import Data.DList data Tree a = Leaf a | Branch (Tree a) (Tree a) flatten_writer :: Tree x -> DList x flatten_writer = snd . runWriter . flatten where flatten (Leaf x) = tell (singleton x) flatten (Branch x y) = flatten x >> flatten y </PRE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" >Constructors</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="5" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:DL" ><A NAME="v%3ADL" ></A ></A ><B >DL</B ></TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" COLSPAN="2" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="arg" ><A NAME="v:unDL" ><A NAME="v%3AunDL" ></A ></A ><B >unDL</B > :: [a] -> [a]</TD ><TD CLASS="rdoc" ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section4" ><IMG SRC="minus.gif" CLASS="coll" ONCLICK="toggle(this,'i:DList')" ALT="show/hide" > Instances</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="body" ><DIV ID="i:DList" STYLE="display:block;" ><TABLE CLASS="vanilla" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >Monad <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >Functor <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >MonadPlus <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >Applicative <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" >Monoid (<A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a)</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="1" ><A NAME="1" >Construction </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:fromList" ><A NAME="v%3AfromList" ></A ></A ><B >fromList</B > :: [a] -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Converting a normal list to a dlist </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:toList" ><A NAME="v%3AtoList" ></A ></A ><B >toList</B > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> [a]</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Converting a dlist back to a normal list </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="2" ><A NAME="2" >Basic functions </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:empty" ><A NAME="v%3Aempty" ></A ></A ><B >empty</B > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Create a difference list containing no elements </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:singleton" ><A NAME="v%3Asingleton" ></A ></A ><B >singleton</B > :: a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Create difference list with given single element </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:cons" ><A NAME="v%3Acons" ></A ></A ><B >cons</B > :: a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><EM >O(1)</EM >, Prepend a single element to a difference list </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:snoc" ><A NAME="v%3Asnoc" ></A ></A ><B >snoc</B > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><EM >O(1)</EM >, Append a single element at a difference list </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:append" ><A NAME="v%3Aappend" ></A ></A ><B >append</B > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><EM >O(1)</EM >, Appending difference lists </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:concat" ><A NAME="v%3Aconcat" ></A ></A ><B >concat</B > :: [<A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a] -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><EM >O(spine)</EM >, Concatenate difference lists </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:replicate" ><A NAME="v%3Areplicate" ></A ></A ><B >replicate</B > :: Int -> a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><EM >O(n)</EM >, Create a difference list of the given number of elements </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:list" ><A NAME="v%3Alist" ></A ></A ><B >list</B > :: b -> (a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> b) -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> b</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" ><EM >O(length dl)</EM >, List elimination, head, tail. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:head" ><A NAME="v%3Ahead" ></A ></A ><B >head</B > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Return the head of the list </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:tail" ><A NAME="v%3Atail" ></A ></A ><B >tail</B > :: <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Return the tail of the list </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:unfoldr" ><A NAME="v%3Aunfoldr" ></A ></A ><B >unfoldr</B > :: (b -> Maybe (a, b)) -> b -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Unfoldr for difference lists </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:foldr" ><A NAME="v%3Afoldr" ></A ></A ><B >foldr</B > :: (a -> b -> b) -> b -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> b</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Foldr over difference lists </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:map" ><A NAME="v%3Amap" ></A ></A ><B >map</B > :: (a -> b) -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > a -> <A HREF="Data-DList.html#t%3ADList" >DList</A > b</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="doc" >Map over difference lists. </TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="section1" ><A NAME="3" ><A NAME="3" >MonadPlus </A ></A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="decl" ><A NAME="v:maybeReturn" ><A NAME="v%3AmaybeReturn" ></A ></A ><B >maybeReturn</B > :: MonadPlus m => Maybe a -> m a</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD CLASS="s15" ></TD ></TR ><TR 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