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trait Defer[F[_]] extends Serializable

Defer is a type class that shows the ability to defer creation inside of the type constructor F[_].

This comes up with F[_] types that are implemented with a trampoline or are based on function application.

The law is that defer(fa) is equivalent to fa, but not evaluated immediately, so

scala> import cats._
scala> import cats.implicits._

scala> var evaluated = false
scala> val dfa = Defer[Eval].defer {
     |   evaluated = true
     |   Eval.now(21)
     | }

scala> evaluated
res0: Boolean = false

scala> Eq[Eval[Int]].eqv(dfa, Eval.now(21))
res1: Boolean = true
Source
Defer.scala
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  1. abstract def defer[A](fa: ⇒ F[A]): F[A]

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  1. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  2. final def ##(): Int
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  3. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  4. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0
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  5. def clone(): AnyRef
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  6. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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  7. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean
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  8. def fix[A](fn: (F[A]) ⇒ F[A]): F[A]

    Defer instances, like functions, parsers, generators, IO, etc...

    Defer instances, like functions, parsers, generators, IO, etc... often are used in recursive settings where this function is useful

    fix(fn) == fn(fix(fn))

    example:

    val parser: P[Int] = Defer[P].fix[Int] { rec => CharsIn("0123456789") | P("(") ~ rec ~ P(")") }

    Note, fn may not yield a terminating value in which case both of the above F[A] run forever.

  9. final def getClass(): Class[_]
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  10. def hashCode(): Int
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  11. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean
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  12. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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  13. final def notify(): Unit
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  14. final def notifyAll(): Unit
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  15. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0
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  16. def toString(): String
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  17. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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  18. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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  19. final def wait(): Unit
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  1. def finalize(): Unit
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