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+;; Monads in Clojure
+
+;; by Konrad Hinsen
+;; last updated June 30, 2009
+
+;; Copyright (c) Konrad Hinsen, 2009. All rights reserved. The use
+;; and distribution terms for this software are covered by the Eclipse
+;; Public License 1.0 (http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php)
+;; which can be found in the file epl-v10.html at the root of this
+;; distribution. By using this software in any fashion, you are
+;; agreeing to be bound by the terms of this license. You must not
+;; remove this notice, or any other, from this software.
+
+(ns
+ ^{:author "Konrad Hinsen"
+ :see-also [["http://onclojure.com/2009/03/05/a-monad-tutorial-for-clojure-programmers-part-1/" "Monad tutorial part 1"]
+ ["http://onclojure.com/2009/03/06/a-monad-tutorial-for-clojure-programmers-part-2/" "Monad tutorial part 2"]
+ ["http://onclojure.com/2009/03/23/a-monad-tutorial-for-clojure-programmers-part-3/" "Monad tutorial part 3"]
+ ["http://onclojure.com/2009/04/24/a-monad-tutorial-for-clojure-programmers-part-4/" "Monad tutorial part 4"]
+ ["http://intensivesystems.net/tutorials/monads_101.html" "Monads in Clojure part 1"]
+ ["http://intensivesystems.net/tutorials/monads_201.html" "Monads in Clojure part 2"]]
+ :doc "This library contains the most commonly used monads as well
+ as macros for defining and using monads and useful monadic
+ functions."}
+ clojure.contrib.monads
+ (:require [clojure.contrib.accumulators])
+ (:use [clojure.contrib.macro-utils :only (with-symbol-macros defsymbolmacro)])
+ (:use [clojure.contrib.def :only (name-with-attributes)]))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; Defining monads
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(defmacro monad
+ "Define a monad by defining the monad operations. The definitions
+ are written like bindings to the monad operations m-bind and
+ m-result (required) and m-zero and m-plus (optional)."
+ [operations]
+ `(let [~'m-bind ::undefined
+ ~'m-result ::undefined
+ ~'m-zero ::undefined
+ ~'m-plus ::undefined
+ ~@operations]
+ {:m-result ~'m-result
+ :m-bind ~'m-bind
+ :m-zero ~'m-zero
+ :m-plus ~'m-plus}))
+
+(defmacro defmonad
+ "Define a named monad by defining the monad operations. The definitions
+ are written like bindings to the monad operations m-bind and
+ m-result (required) and m-zero and m-plus (optional)."
+
+ ([name doc-string operations]
+ (let [doc-name (with-meta name {:doc doc-string})]
+ `(defmonad ~doc-name ~operations)))
+
+ ([name operations]
+ `(def ~name (monad ~operations))))
+
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; Using monads
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(defn- add-monad-step
+ "Add a monad comprehension step before the already transformed
+ monad comprehension expression mexpr."
+ [mexpr step]
+ (let [[bform expr] step]
+ (cond (identical? bform :when) `(if ~expr ~mexpr ~'m-zero)
+ (identical? bform :let) `(let ~expr ~mexpr)
+ :else (list 'm-bind expr (list 'fn [bform] mexpr)))))
+
+(defn- monad-expr
+ "Transforms a monad comprehension, consisting of a list of steps
+ and an expression defining the final value, into an expression
+ chaining together the steps using :bind and returning the final value
+ using :result. The steps are given as a vector of
+ binding-variable/monadic-expression pairs."
+ [steps expr]
+ (when (odd? (count steps))
+ (throw (Exception. "Odd number of elements in monad comprehension steps")))
+ (let [rsteps (reverse (partition 2 steps))
+ [lr ls] (first rsteps)]
+ (if (= lr expr)
+ ; Optimization: if the result expression is equal to the result
+ ; of the last computation step, we can eliminate an m-bind to
+ ; m-result.
+ (reduce add-monad-step
+ ls
+ (rest rsteps))
+ ; The general case.
+ (reduce add-monad-step
+ (list 'm-result expr)
+ rsteps))))
+
+(defmacro with-monad
+ "Evaluates an expression after replacing the keywords defining the
+ monad operations by the functions associated with these keywords
+ in the monad definition given by name."
+ [monad & exprs]
+ `(let [name# ~monad
+ ~'m-bind (:m-bind name#)
+ ~'m-result (:m-result name#)
+ ~'m-zero (:m-zero name#)
+ ~'m-plus (:m-plus name#)]
+ (with-symbol-macros ~@exprs)))
+
+(defmacro domonad
+ "Monad comprehension. Takes the name of a monad, a vector of steps
+ given as binding-form/monadic-expression pairs, and a result value
+ specified by expr. The monadic-expression terms can use the binding
+ variables of the previous steps.
+ If the monad contains a definition of m-zero, the step list can also
+ contain conditions of the form :when p, where the predicate p can
+ contain the binding variables from all previous steps.
+ A clause of the form :let [binding-form expr ...], where the bindings
+ are given as a vector as for the use in let, establishes additional
+ bindings that can be used in the following steps."
+ ([steps expr]
+ (monad-expr steps expr))
+ ([name steps expr]
+ (let [mexpr (monad-expr steps expr)]
+ `(with-monad ~name ~mexpr))))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; Defining functions used with monads
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(defmacro defmonadfn
+ "Like defn, but for functions that use monad operations and are used inside
+ a with-monad block."
+ {:arglists '([name docstring? attr-map? args expr]
+ [name docstring? attr-map? (args expr) ...])}
+ [name & options]
+ (let [[name options] (name-with-attributes name options)
+ fn-name (symbol (str *ns*) (format "m+%s+m" (str name)))
+ make-fn-body (fn [args expr]
+ (list (vec (concat ['m-bind 'm-result
+ 'm-zero 'm-plus] args))
+ (list `with-symbol-macros expr)))]
+ (if (list? (first options))
+ ; multiple arities
+ (let [arglists (map first options)
+ exprs (map second options)
+ ]
+ `(do
+ (defsymbolmacro ~name (partial ~fn-name ~'m-bind ~'m-result
+ ~'m-zero ~'m-plus))
+ (defn ~fn-name ~@(map make-fn-body arglists exprs))))
+ ; single arity
+ (let [[args expr] options]
+ `(do
+ (defsymbolmacro ~name (partial ~fn-name ~'m-bind ~'m-result
+ ~'m-zero ~'m-plus))
+ (defn ~fn-name ~@(make-fn-body args expr)))))))
+
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; Commonly used monad functions
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+; Define the four basic monad operations as symbol macros that
+; expand to their unqualified symbol equivalents. This makes it possible
+; to use them inside macro templates without having to quote them.
+(defsymbolmacro m-result m-result)
+(defsymbolmacro m-bind m-bind)
+(defsymbolmacro m-zero m-zero)
+(defsymbolmacro m-plus m-plus)
+
+(defmacro m-lift
+ "Converts a function f of n arguments into a function of n
+ monadic arguments returning a monadic value."
+ [n f]
+ (let [expr (take n (repeatedly #(gensym "x_")))
+ vars (vec (take n (repeatedly #(gensym "mv_"))))
+ steps (vec (interleave expr vars))]
+ (list `fn vars (monad-expr steps (cons f expr)))))
+
+(defmonadfn m-join
+ "Converts a monadic value containing a monadic value into a 'simple'
+ monadic value."
+ [m]
+ (m-bind m identity))
+
+(defmonadfn m-fmap
+ "Bind the monadic value m to the function returning (f x) for argument x"
+ [f m]
+ (m-bind m (fn [x] (m-result (f x)))))
+
+(defmonadfn m-seq
+ "'Executes' the monadic values in ms and returns a sequence of the
+ basic values contained in them."
+ [ms]
+ (reduce (fn [q p]
+ (m-bind p (fn [x]
+ (m-bind q (fn [y]
+ (m-result (cons x y)))) )))
+ (m-result '())
+ (reverse ms)))
+
+(defmonadfn m-map
+ "'Executes' the sequence of monadic values resulting from mapping
+ f onto the values xs. f must return a monadic value."
+ [f xs]
+ (m-seq (map f xs)))
+
+(defmonadfn m-chain
+ "Chains together monadic computation steps that are each functions
+ of one parameter. Each step is called with the result of the previous
+ step as its argument. (m-chain (step1 step2)) is equivalent to
+ (fn [x] (domonad [r1 (step1 x) r2 (step2 r1)] r2))."
+ [steps]
+ (reduce (fn m-chain-link [chain-expr step]
+ (fn [v] (m-bind (chain-expr v) step)))
+ m-result
+ steps))
+
+(defmonadfn m-reduce
+ "Return the reduction of (m-lift 2 f) over the list of monadic values mvs
+ with initial value (m-result val)."
+ ([f mvs]
+ (if (empty? mvs)
+ (m-result (f))
+ (let [m-f (m-lift 2 f)]
+ (reduce m-f mvs))))
+ ([f val mvs]
+ (let [m-f (m-lift 2 f)
+ m-val (m-result val)]
+ (reduce m-f m-val mvs))))
+
+(defmonadfn m-until
+ "While (p x) is false, replace x by the value returned by the
+ monadic computation (f x). Return (m-result x) for the first
+ x for which (p x) is true."
+ [p f x]
+ (if (p x)
+ (m-result x)
+ (domonad
+ [y (f x)
+ z (m-until p f y)]
+ z)))
+
+(defmacro m-when
+ "If test is logical true, return monadic value m-expr, else return
+ (m-result nil)."
+ [test m-expr]
+ `(if ~test ~m-expr (~'m-result nil)))
+
+(defmacro m-when-not
+ "If test if logical false, return monadic value m-expr, else return
+ (m-result nil)."
+ [test m-expr]
+ `(if ~test (~'m-result nil) ~m-expr))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; Utility functions used in monad definitions
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(defn- flatten*
+ "Like #(apply concat %), but fully lazy: it evaluates each sublist
+ only when it is needed."
+ [ss]
+ (lazy-seq
+ (when-let [s (seq ss)]
+ (concat (first s) (flatten* (rest s))))))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; Commonly used monads
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+; Identity monad
+(defmonad identity-m
+ "Monad describing plain computations. This monad does in fact nothing
+ at all. It is useful for testing, for combination with monad
+ transformers, and for code that is parameterized with a monad."
+ [m-result identity
+ m-bind (fn m-result-id [mv f]
+ (f mv))
+ ])
+
+; Maybe monad
+(defmonad maybe-m
+ "Monad describing computations with possible failures. Failure is
+ represented by nil, any other value is considered valid. As soon as
+ a step returns nil, the whole computation will yield nil as well."
+ [m-zero nil
+ m-result (fn m-result-maybe [v] v)
+ m-bind (fn m-bind-maybe [mv f]
+ (if (nil? mv) nil (f mv)))
+ m-plus (fn m-plus-maybe [& mvs]
+ (first (drop-while nil? mvs)))
+ ])
+
+; Sequence monad (called "list monad" in Haskell)
+(defmonad sequence-m
+ "Monad describing multi-valued computations, i.e. computations
+ that can yield multiple values. Any object implementing the seq
+ protocol can be used as a monadic value."
+ [m-result (fn m-result-sequence [v]
+ (list v))
+ m-bind (fn m-bind-sequence [mv f]
+ (flatten* (map f mv)))
+ m-zero (list)
+ m-plus (fn m-plus-sequence [& mvs]
+ (flatten* mvs))
+ ])
+
+; Set monad
+(defmonad set-m
+ "Monad describing multi-valued computations, like sequence-m,
+ but returning sets of results instead of sequences of results."
+ [m-result (fn m-result-set [v]
+ #{v})
+ m-bind (fn m-bind-set [mv f]
+ (apply clojure.set/union (map f mv)))
+ m-zero #{}
+ m-plus (fn m-plus-set [& mvs]
+ (apply clojure.set/union mvs))
+ ])
+
+; State monad
+(defmonad state-m
+ "Monad describing stateful computations. The monadic values have the
+ structure (fn [old-state] [result new-state])."
+ [m-result (fn m-result-state [v]
+ (fn [s] [v s]))
+ m-bind (fn m-bind-state [mv f]
+ (fn [s]
+ (let [[v ss] (mv s)]
+ ((f v) ss))))
+ ])
+
+(defn update-state
+ "Return a state-monad function that replaces the current state by the
+ result of f applied to the current state and that returns the old state."
+ [f]
+ (fn [s] [s (f s)]))
+
+(defn set-state
+ "Return a state-monad function that replaces the current state by s and
+ returns the previous state."
+ [s]
+ (update-state (fn [_] s)))
+
+(defn fetch-state
+ "Return a state-monad function that returns the current state and does not
+ modify it."
+ []
+ (update-state identity))
+
+(defn fetch-val
+ "Return a state-monad function that assumes the state to be a map and
+ returns the value corresponding to the given key. The state is not modified."
+ [key]
+ (domonad state-m
+ [s (fetch-state)]
+ (key s)))
+
+(defn update-val
+ "Return a state-monad function that assumes the state to be a map and
+ replaces the value associated with the given key by the return value
+ of f applied to the old value. The old value is returned."
+ [key f]
+ (fn [s]
+ (let [old-val (get s key)
+ new-s (assoc s key (f old-val))]
+ [old-val new-s])))
+
+(defn set-val
+ "Return a state-monad function that assumes the state to be a map and
+ replaces the value associated with key by val. The old value is returned."
+ [key val]
+ (update-val key (fn [_] val)))
+
+(defn with-state-field
+ "Returns a state-monad function that expects a map as its state and
+ runs statement (another state-monad function) on the state defined by
+ the map entry corresponding to key. The map entry is updated with the
+ new state returned by statement."
+ [key statement]
+ (fn [s]
+ (let [substate (get s key nil)
+ [result new-substate] (statement substate)
+ new-state (assoc s key new-substate)]
+ [result new-state])))
+
+(defn state-m-until
+ "An optimized implementation of m-until for the state monad that
+ replaces recursion by a loop."
+ [p f x]
+ (letfn [(until [p f x s]
+ (if (p x)
+ [x s]
+ (let [[x s] ((f x) s)]
+ (recur p f x s))))]
+ (fn [s] (until p f x s))))
+
+; Writer monad
+(defn writer-m
+ "Monad describing computations that accumulate data on the side, e.g. for
+ logging. The monadic values have the structure [value log]. Any of the
+ accumulators from clojure.contrib.accumulators can be used for storing the
+ log data. Its empty value is passed as a parameter."
+ [empty-accumulator]
+ (monad
+ [m-result (fn m-result-writer [v]
+ [v empty-accumulator])
+ m-bind (fn m-bind-writer [mv f]
+ (let [[v1 a1] mv
+ [v2 a2] (f v1)]
+ [v2 (clojure.contrib.accumulators/combine a1 a2)]))
+ ]))
+
+(defmonadfn write [v]
+ (let [[_ a] (m-result nil)]
+ [nil (clojure.contrib.accumulators/add a v)]))
+
+(defn listen [mv]
+ (let [[v a] mv] [[v a] a]))
+
+(defn censor [f mv]
+ (let [[v a] mv] [v (f a)]))
+
+; Continuation monad
+
+(defmonad cont-m
+ "Monad describing computations in continuation-passing style. The monadic
+ values are functions that are called with a single argument representing
+ the continuation of the computation, to which they pass their result."
+ [m-result (fn m-result-cont [v]
+ (fn [c] (c v)))
+ m-bind (fn m-bind-cont [mv f]
+ (fn [c]
+ (mv (fn [v] ((f v) c)))))
+ ])
+
+(defn run-cont
+ "Execute the computation c in the cont monad and return its result."
+ [c]
+ (c identity))
+
+(defn call-cc
+ "A computation in the cont monad that calls function f with a single
+ argument representing the current continuation. The function f should
+ return a continuation (which becomes the return value of call-cc),
+ or call the passed-in current continuation to terminate."
+ [f]
+ (fn [c]
+ (let [cc (fn cc [a] (fn [_] (c a)))
+ rc (f cc)]
+ (rc c))))
+
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;
+;; Monad transformers
+;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+
+(defmacro monad-transformer
+ "Define a monad transforer in terms of the monad operations and the base
+ monad. The argument which-m-plus chooses if m-zero and m-plus are taken
+ from the base monad or from the transformer."
+ [base which-m-plus operations]
+ `(let [which-m-plus# (cond (= ~which-m-plus :m-plus-default)
+ (if (= ::undefined (with-monad ~base ~'m-plus))
+ :m-plus-from-transformer
+ :m-plus-from-base)
+ (or (= ~which-m-plus :m-plus-from-base)
+ (= ~which-m-plus :m-plus-from-transformer))
+ ~which-m-plus
+ :else
+ (throw (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException.
+ "undefined m-plus choice")))
+ combined-monad# (monad ~operations)]
+ (if (= which-m-plus# :m-plus-from-base)
+ (assoc combined-monad#
+ :m-zero (with-monad ~base ~'m-zero)
+ :m-plus (with-monad ~base ~'m-plus))
+ combined-monad#)))
+
+(defn maybe-t
+ "Monad transformer that transforms a monad m into a monad in which
+ the base values can be invalid (represented by nothing, which defaults
+ to nil). The third argument chooses if m-zero and m-plus are inherited
+ from the base monad (use :m-plus-from-base) or adopt maybe-like
+ behaviour (use :m-plus-from-transformer). The default is :m-plus-from-base
+ if the base monad m has a definition for m-plus, and
+ :m-plus-from-transformer otherwise."
+ ([m] (maybe-t m nil :m-plus-default))
+ ([m nothing] (maybe-t m nothing :m-plus-default))
+ ([m nothing which-m-plus]
+ (monad-transformer m which-m-plus
+ [m-result (with-monad m m-result)
+ m-bind (with-monad m
+ (fn m-bind-maybe-t [mv f]
+ (m-bind mv
+ (fn [x]
+ (if (identical? x nothing)
+ (m-result nothing)
+ (f x))))))
+ m-zero (with-monad m (m-result nothing))
+ m-plus (with-monad m
+ (fn m-plus-maybe-t [& mvs]
+ (if (empty? mvs)
+ (m-result nothing)
+ (m-bind (first mvs)
+ (fn [v]
+ (if (= v nothing)
+ (apply m-plus-maybe-t (rest mvs))
+ (m-result v)))))))
+ ])))
+
+(defn sequence-t
+ "Monad transformer that transforms a monad m into a monad in which
+ the base values are sequences. The argument which-m-plus chooses
+ if m-zero and m-plus are inherited from the base monad
+ (use :m-plus-from-base) or adopt sequence-like
+ behaviour (use :m-plus-from-transformer). The default is :m-plus-from-base
+ if the base monad m has a definition for m-plus, and
+ :m-plus-from-transformer otherwise."
+ ([m] (sequence-t m :m-plus-default))
+ ([m which-m-plus]
+ (monad-transformer m which-m-plus
+ [m-result (with-monad m
+ (fn m-result-sequence-t [v]
+ (m-result (list v))))
+ m-bind (with-monad m
+ (fn m-bind-sequence-t [mv f]
+ (m-bind mv
+ (fn [xs]
+ (m-fmap flatten*
+ (m-map f xs))))))
+ m-zero (with-monad m (m-result (list)))
+ m-plus (with-monad m
+ (fn m-plus-sequence-t [& mvs]
+ (m-reduce concat (list) mvs)))
+ ])))
+
+;; Contributed by Jim Duey
+(defn state-t
+ "Monad transformer that transforms a monad m into a monad of stateful
+ computations that have the base monad type as their result."
+ [m]
+ (monad [m-result (with-monad m
+ (fn m-result-state-t [v]
+ (fn [s]
+ (m-result [v s]))))
+ m-bind (with-monad m
+ (fn m-bind-state-t [stm f]
+ (fn [s]
+ (m-bind (stm s)
+ (fn [[v ss]]
+ ((f v) ss))))))
+ m-zero (with-monad m
+ (if (= ::undefined m-zero)
+ ::undefined
+ (fn [s]
+ m-zero)))
+ m-plus (with-monad m
+ (if (= ::undefined m-plus)
+ ::undefined
+ (fn [& stms]
+ (fn [s]
+ (apply m-plus (map #(% s) stms))))))
+ ]))