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+import Control.Monad.Writer
+import Data.Monoid
+
+-- defining a normal function with a logging context
+simpleApplyLog :: (a,String) -> (a -> (b,String)) -> (b,String)  
+simpleApplyLog (x,log) f = let (y,newLog) = f x in (y,log ++ newLog)
+
+a1 = (1, "Starting. ") `simpleApplyLog` (\x -> (x+1, "Applying function +1."))
+a2 = ("Tobin","Got outlaw name.") `simpleApplyLog` (\x -> (length x, "Applied length."))
+
+-- applyLog with Monoid class constraint
+applyLog :: (Monoid m) => (a,m) -> (a -> (b,m)) -> (b,m)  
+applyLog (x,log) f = let (y,newLog) = f x in (y,log `mappend` newLog)
+
+-- add drink example
+type Food = String  
+type Price = Sum Int  
+  
+addDrink :: Food -> (Food,Price)  
+addDrink "beans" = ("milk", Sum 25)  
+addDrink "jerky" = ("whiskey", Sum 99)  
+addDrink _ 	 = ("beer", Sum 30)
+
+-- using apply log
+b1 = ("beans", Sum 10) `applyLog` addDrink  
+b2 = ("jerky", Sum 25) `applyLog` addDrink  
+b3 = ("dogmeat", Sum 5) `applyLog` addDrink
+b4 = ("dogmeat", Sum 5) `applyLog` addDrink `applyLog` addDrink
+
+-- definition of the Writer Monad in Control.Monad.Writer
+--newtype Writer w a = Writer { runWriter :: (a, w) }
+
+-- instance definition
+--instance (Monoid w) => Monad (Writer w) where  
+--    return x = Writer (x, mempty)  
+--    (Writer (x,v)) >>= f = let (Writer (y, v')) = f x in Writer (y, v `mappend` v')
+
+-- using whe Writer pure function (return)
+c1 = runWriter (return 3 :: Writer String Int)  
+c2 = runWriter (return 3 :: Writer (Sum Int) Int)  
+c3 = runWriter (return 3 :: Writer (Product Int) Int)
+
+-- example of do notation 
+logNumber :: Int -> Writer [String] Int  
+logNumber x = writer (x, ["Got number: " ++ show x])  
+  
+multWithLog :: Writer [String] Int  
+multWithLog = do  
+    a <- logNumber 3  
+    b <- logNumber 5  
+    tell ["Gonna multiply these two"] -- this will add more log to the context without changing the main value
+    return (a*b)
+
+d1 = runWriter multWithLog
+
+-- greatest common divisor example
+gcd' :: Int -> Int -> Writer [String] Int  
+gcd' a b  
+    | b == 0 = do  
+        tell ["Finished with " ++ show a]  
+        return a  
+    | otherwise = do  
+        tell [show a ++ " mod " ++ show b ++ " = " ++ show (a `mod` b)]  
+        gcd' b (a `mod` b)
+
+-- examples
+e1 = fst $ runWriter (gcd' 8 3) -- getting just the result
+e2 = mapM_ putStrLn $ snd $ runWriter (gcd' 8 3) -- showing the logs too
+
+-- gcd in reverse
+gcdReverse :: Int -> Int -> Writer [String] Int  
+gcdReverse a b  
+    | b == 0 = do  
+        tell ["Finished with " ++ show a]  
+        return a  
+    | otherwise = do  
+        result <- gcdReverse b (a `mod` b)  
+        tell [show a ++ " mod " ++ show b ++ " = " ++ show (a `mod` b)]  
+        return result
+
+-- inefficient because uses ++ to append lists to the left instead of to the right
+f1 = mapM_ putStrLn $ snd $ runWriter (gcdReverse 8 3)
+
+-- defining an efficient list for appending values
+newtype DiffList a = DiffList { getDiffList :: [a] -> [a] }
+
+toDiffList :: [a] -> DiffList a  
+toDiffList xs = DiffList (xs++)  
+  
+fromDiffList :: DiffList a -> [a]  
+fromDiffList (DiffList f) = f []
+
+instance Monoid (DiffList a) where  
+    mempty = DiffList (\xs -> [] ++ xs)  
+    (DiffList f) `mappend` (DiffList g) = DiffList (\xs -> f (g xs))
+
+g1 = fromDiffList (toDiffList [1,2,3,4] `mappend` toDiffList [1,2,3])
+
+-- comparing performance in lists
+finalCountDown :: Int -> Writer (DiffList String) ()  
+finalCountDown 0 = do  
+    tell (toDiffList ["0"])  
+finalCountDown x = do  
+    finalCountDown (x-1)  
+    tell (toDiffList [show x])
+
+fast = mapM_ putStrLn . fromDiffList . snd . runWriter $ finalCountDown 500000
+
+finalCountDownSlow :: Int -> Writer [String] ()  
+finalCountDownSlow 0 = do  
+    tell ["0"]  
+finalCountDownSlow x = do  
+    finalCountDownSlow (x-1)  
+    tell [show x]
+
+slow = mapM_ putStrLn . snd . runWriter $ finalCountDownSlow 500000