mattaudesse/validation

A data-type like Either but with an accumulating Applicative

Validation

Several data-types like Either but with differing properties and type-class instances.

Library support is provided for those different representations, include lens-related functions for converting between each and abstracting over their similarities.

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• Validation

  The Validation data type is isomorphic to Either, but has an instance of Applicative that accumulates on the error side. That is to say, if two (or more) errors are encountered, they are appended using a Semigroup operation.

  As a consequence of this Applicative instance, there is no corresponding Bind or Monad instance. Validation is an example of, "An applicative functor that is not a monad."