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Reading preserves the computer memory; writing returns the unit type value; allocating returns both the fresh memory location and the allocator's updated computer memory:
get :: Monad m => Location -> MemT m Value
get a s = resultM (contents s a,s)
put :: Monad m => Location -> Value -> MemT m ()
put a v s = resultM ((),update s a v)
new :: Monad m => MemT m Location
new s = resultM (fresh s)These use the memory interface in [ref]
Principles of Programming Languages examination paper by the University of Oxford (2015). Printed p. 3, Figure 1
. In particular, fresh already returns its outputs in the order required by the state monad transformer:Apply the memory interface before invoking the supplied continuation:
get :: Location -> M Value
get a k s = k (contents s a) s
put :: Location -> Value -> M ()
put a v k s = k () (update s a v)
new :: M Location
new k s = let (a,s') = fresh s in k a s'A read preserves computer memory; a write changes it but returns the unit type value; an allocation uses the updated computer memory returned by
fresh. The continuation always receives the latest computer memory: