Combine an F[A]
and an F[B]
into an F[(A, B)]
that maintains the effects of both fa
and fb
.
Combine an F[A]
and an F[B]
into an F[(A, B)]
that maintains the effects of both fa
and fb
.
Example:
scala> import cats.implicits._ scala> val noneInt: Option[Int] = None scala> val some3: Option[Int] = Some(3) scala> val noneString: Option[String] = None scala> val someFoo: Option[String] = Some("foo") scala> Semigroupal[Option].product(noneInt, noneString) res0: Option[(Int, String)] = None scala> Semigroupal[Option].product(noneInt, someFoo) res1: Option[(Int, String)] = None scala> Semigroupal[Option].product(some3, noneString) res2: Option[(Int, String)] = None scala> Semigroupal[Option].product(some3, someFoo) res3: Option[(Int, String)] = Some((3,foo))
Semigroupal captures the idea of composing independent effectful values. It is of particular interest when taken together with Functor - where Functor captures the idea of applying a unary pure function to an effectful value, calling
product
withmap
allows one to apply a function of arbitrary arity to multiple independent effectful values.That same idea is also manifested in the form of Apply, and indeed Apply extends both Semigroupal and Functor to illustrate this.