Feature request: hoistM and toList/fromList

[NCrashed]

Hi, I would like to have additional helpers for the library:

-- Usecase: operations with map in custom monads
hoistM :: Applicative t => (forall x. f x -> t (g x)) -> TypeRepMap f -> t (TypeRepMap g) 

-- I don't sure that code below is the best design, but it should represent the main idea 
-- Usecase: serelisation/deserialisation for aeson 
newtype Wrapper f = Wrapper { unWrapper :: forall x . f x }
toList :: TypeRepMap f -> [Wrapper f]
fromList :: [Wrapper f] -> TypeRepMap f

[int-index]

We already have fromList: https://hackage.haskell.org/package/typerep-map-0.1.0/docs/Data-TypeRepMap-Internal.html#v:fromList

I guess we only need a better name for TF.

And instead of exporting toList and fromList as separate combinators, we could define an https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.11.1.0/docs/GHC-Exts.html#t:IsList instance.

An IsList instance would have several advantages:

• We'd get the [] syntax with -XOverloadedLists, so one could write [TF a, TF b, TF c] :: TypeRepMap f
• We get an opportunity to implement fromListN more efficiently by preallocating vectors of the specified size.

[int-index]

As to hoistWithM, I agree with the type signature you propose.

[chshersh]

@int-index Why the name is hostWithM? Maybe it should be hoistWithA and also create function with Monad constraint instead of Applicative?

[int-index]

The name doesn't matter, it can be hoistWithA if you want. I see no reason to add a Monad-specific version.

[int-index]

Sorry, I actually meant hoistM and hoistA, the With suffix is unnecessary.