Add predicate to substitute functions

[Icelandjack]

substitute :: Monad f => Eq a => a -> f a -> f a -> f a
substitute = substituteOf . (==)

substituteBy :: Monad m => (a -> Bool) -> m a -> m a -> m a
substituteBy old new as = do
  a <- as
  if old a
    then new
    else pure a

substituteVar :: Functor f => Eq a => a -> a -> f a -> f a
substituteVar = substituteVarOf . (==)

substituteVarBy :: Functor f => (a -> Bool) -> a -> f a -> f a
substituteVarBy old new as = do
  a <- as
  pure
    if old a
      then new
      else a

Is there a use for this?

[phadej]

Isn't substitute a composition of abstract and instantiate?

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EDIT: or alternatively is there much gained over just asking users to write as >>= \a -> ... as a general way to substitute stuff. I haven't found substituting a single variable to be a common theme (compared to performing simultaneous subsitutions) when using bound. abstract1 is common, to build up lambda like terms, but these are instantiated much later.

[cartazio]

Even that aside, what would it mean to not substitute a variable?

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