I think you have a typo in your Monoid instance. The string should not be empty for the test to fail
concat(x, empty) is equal to x + ' ' + empty by definition of concat. If x = '' then x + ' ' + empty is equal to '' + ' ' + '' which is equal to ' ' so concat(x, empty) !== x
concat(x, empty)
x + ' ' + empty
concat
x = ''
'' + ' ' + ''
' '
concat(x, empty) !== x
Ah, yeah, I missed the extra space in the Semigroup instance
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I think you have a typo in your Monoid instance. The string should not be empty for the test to fail
concat(x, empty)is equal tox + ' ' + emptyby definition ofconcat. Ifx = ''thenx + ' ' + emptyis equal to'' + ' ' + ''which is equal to' 'soconcat(x, empty) !== xAh, yeah, I missed the extra space in the Semigroup instance