Swift version: 5.6
A functor is any data type that can be mapped over using map()
, as long it abides by two laws:
map()
, the result should be the same as mapping first A then B individually.Both of those laws sound obvious, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t important. Arrays are functors, sets are functors, optionals are functors, and more.
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