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by nybble41 2791 days ago
Yes, though that definition results in:

    pure id <*> ZipList [x, y, z] == ZipList [x]
and thus breaks one of the Applicative laws:

    pure id <*> v == v
The standard ZipList definition is `pure a = ZipList (repeat a)` (an infinite list).

The issue with defining a Monad instance for ZList is that mapping the function on the right of (>>=) over the ZList on the left gets you a ZList of `ZList b`, with no meaningful way to zip these ZLists together.