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+
+A simple homogeneous pair type with useful Functor, Applicative, and
+Traversable instances.
+
+\begin{code}
+module Pair ( Pair(..), unPair, toPair, swap ) where
+
+#include "HsVersions.h"
+
+import Outputable
+import Data.Monoid
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.Foldable
+import Data.Traversable
+
+data Pair a = Pair { pFst :: a, pSnd :: a }
+-- Note that Pair is a *unary* type constructor
+-- whereas (,) is binary
+
+-- The important thing about Pair is that it has a *homogenous*
+-- Functor instance, so you can easily apply the same function
+-- to both components
+instance Functor Pair where
+  fmap f (Pair x y) = Pair (f x) (f y)
+
+instance Applicative Pair where
+  pure x = Pair x x
+  (Pair f g) <*> (Pair x y) = Pair (f x) (g y)
+
+instance Foldable Pair where
+  foldMap f (Pair x y) = f x `mappend` f y
+
+instance Traversable Pair where
+  traverse f (Pair x y) = Pair <$> f x <*> f y
+
+instance Outputable a => Outputable (Pair a) where
+  ppr (Pair a b) = ppr a <+> char '~' <+> ppr b
+
+unPair :: Pair a -> (a,a)
+unPair (Pair x y) = (x,y)
+
+toPair :: (a,a) -> Pair a
+toPair (x,y) = Pair x y
+
+swap :: Pair a -> Pair a
+swap (Pair x y) = Pair y x
+\end{code}
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