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{- monadic stuff
 -
 - Copyright 2010-2011 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
 -
 - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
 -}

module Utility.Monad where

import Data.Maybe
import Control.Monad (liftM)

{- Return the first value from a list, if any, satisfying the given
 - predicate -}
firstM :: (Monad m) => (a -> m Bool) -> [a] -> m (Maybe a)
firstM _ [] = return Nothing
firstM p (x:xs) = do
	q <- p x
	if q
		then return (Just x)
		else firstM p xs

{- Returns true if any value in the list satisfies the preducate,
 - stopping once one is found. -}
anyM :: (Monad m) => (a -> m Bool) -> [a] -> m Bool
anyM p = liftM isJust . firstM p