How to partially specialize class template on template template argument in C++11?

From:
Frank Birbacher <bloodymir.crap@gmx.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:57:32 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<agfhraF8he8U1@mid.dfncis.de>
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Hi!

I'm trying to model well known functional concepts in C++11 (looking
at Monad and Arrow classes in Haskell.) I've declared a class template
Arrow on a template template parameter. A specialization of the
template shall provide details for its arguments, see example
"FUNCTION" below:

template<template<typename, typename> class A>
struct Arrow;

// FUNCTION
template<typename A, typename B>
using arrow = std::function<B (A)>;
template<> struct Arrow<arrow> { /*...*/ }; // OK

Now I want to do a partial specialization for "Kleisli arrows" that
make an Arrow out of any Monad. A Monad is a unary template template
class, see here:

// KLEISLI
template<template<typename> class M, typename B, typename C>
using Kleisli = std::function<M<C> (B)>;

I could now fully specialize Arrow for any single Monad like below,
but all specializations would have the same implementation (repeated
code).

template<typename B, typename C>
using Monad1Arrow = Kleisli<Monad1, B, C>;
template<> struct Arrow<Monad1Arrow> { /*...*/ };
// repeat for Monad2, 3, 4, 5, ...

How could I do this in general using a partial specialization?

/* For any Monad M the Kleisli<M> is an Arrow. How would I
 * partially specialize struct Arrow<> for this?
 */
// TRIAL 1:
template<template<typename> class M>
struct Arrow<Kleisli<M>> { /*...*/ }; // HOW TO?

// TRIAL 2:
template<typename B, typename C>
using kleisli<M> = Kleisli<M, B, C>; // HOW TO?
template<template<typename> class M>
struct Arrow<kleisli<M>> { /*...*/ };

There seems to be no way to make the syntax "Kleisli<M>" produce a
template template class argument for Arrow. Any ideas? Currently I'm
resorting to:

template<typename A> struct Arrow; // just typename

template<template<typename> class m, typename B, typename C>
struct Arrow<Kleisli<M, B, C>> { /*...*/ };

Any alternatives?

Frank
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