an example use case:
def div2(i: Int): Validation[String, Int] =
if (i%2 == 0) Validation.success(i/2)
else Validation.failure("odd")
def div4(i: Int) = for {
a <- div2(i)
b <- div2(a)
} yield b
error: Unable to unapply type scalaz.Validation[String,Int]
into a type constructor of kind M[_]
that is classified by the type class scalaz.Bind
I guess the error is caused by the compiler can't find a Monad
instance for Validation[String, Int]
I can make one for myself, like:
object Instances {
implicit def validationMonad[E] = new Monad[({type L[A] = Validation[E, A]})#L] {
override def point[A](a: => A) =
Validation.success(a)
override def bind[A, B](fa: Validation[E, A])(f: A => Validation[E, B]) =
fa bind f
}
}
but why doesn't Validation
have it already? after all, Validation
already has the bind
method defined.
moreover, I can't have import Validation._
and import Instances._
together anymore (this took me looong to figure out...), because of another complicated error...
ambiguous implicit values: something like both validationMonad
(my instance), and method ValidationInstances1
in trait ValidationInstances2
... both match some Functor of Validation
...
should I modify the source of scalaz? or I'm completely missing something~?
please help~
I'm using scalaz 7.0.0-M2
As discussed in the Scalaz group, the problem seems to be that ap
would accumulate errors whereas (pseudo-)monadic composition would only operate on the value part of Validation
.
Therefore, one cannot be expressed in terms of the other and thus no monad instance exists for Validation
.