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Added orElse combinator to IO #2940

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion core/shared/src/main/scala/cats/effect/IO.scala
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Expand Up @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ sealed abstract class IO[+A] private () extends IOPlatform[A] {
* @return
*/
def orElse[B >: A](other: IO[B]): IO[B] =
handleErrorWith(_ => other)
SemigroupK[IO].combineK(this, other)
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I would go the other way around: leave this like you had it, and implement SemigroupK in terms of it.

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Thanks for the input. I would follow that approach.


/**
* Handle any error, potentially recovering from it, by mapping it to another `IO` value.
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