(* copyright (c) 2013-2014, simon cruanes all rights reserved. redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. *) (** {1 Error Monad} The variant is polymorphic in the error type since 0.5 *) type 'a sequence = ('a -> unit) -> unit type 'a equal = 'a -> 'a -> bool type 'a ord = 'a -> 'a -> int type 'a printer = Buffer.t -> 'a -> unit type 'a formatter = Format.formatter -> 'a -> unit (** {2 Basics} *) type (+'good, +'bad) t = [ `Ok of 'good | `Error of 'bad ] val return : 'a -> ('a,'err) t (** Successfully return a value *) val fail : 'err -> ('a,'err) t (** Fail with an error *) val of_exn : exn -> ('a, string) t (** [of_exn e] uses {!Printexc} to print the exception as a string *) val of_exn_trace : exn -> ('a, string) t (** [of_exn_trace e] is similar to [of_exn e], but it adds the stacktrace to the error message. Remember to call [Printexc.record_backtrace true] and compile with the debug flag for this to work. @since NEXT_RELEASE *) val fail_printf : ('a, Buffer.t, unit, ('a,string) t) format4 -> 'a (** [fail_printf format] uses [format] to obtain an error message and then returns [`Error msg] @since 0.3.3 *) val map : ('a -> 'b) -> ('a, 'err) t -> ('b, 'err) t (** Map on success *) val map_err : ('err1 -> 'err2) -> ('a, 'err1) t -> ('a, 'err2) t (** Map on error. @since 0.5 *) val map2 : ('a -> 'b) -> ('err1 -> 'err2) -> ('a, 'err1) t -> ('b, 'err2) t (** Same as {!map}, but also with a function that can transform the error message in case of failure *) val iter : ('a -> unit) -> ('a, _) t -> unit (** Apply the function only in case of `Ok *) val get_exn : ('a, _) t -> 'a (** Extract the value [x] from [`Ok x], fails otherwise. You should be careful with this function, and favor other combinators whenever possible. @raise Invalid_argument if the value is an error. *) val catch : ('a, 'err) t -> ok:('a -> 'b) -> err:('err -> 'b) -> 'b (** [catch e ~ok ~err] calls either [ok] or [err] depending on the value of [e]. This is useful for code that does not want to depend on the exact definition of [('a, 'b) t] used, for instance once OCaml gets a standard [Result.t] type. @since 0.12 *) val flat_map : ('a -> ('b, 'err) t) -> ('a, 'err) t -> ('b, 'err) t val (>|=) : ('a, 'err) t -> ('a -> 'b) -> ('b, 'err) t val (>>=) : ('a, 'err) t -> ('a -> ('b, 'err) t) -> ('b, 'err) t val equal : ?err:'err equal -> 'a equal -> ('a, 'err) t equal val compare : ?err:'err ord -> 'a ord -> ('a, 'err) t ord val fold : success:('a -> 'b) -> failure:('err -> 'b) -> ('a, 'err) t -> 'b (** [fold ~success ~failure e] opens [e] and, if [e = `Ok x], returns [success x], otherwise [e = `Error s] and it returns [failure s]. *) (** {2 Wrappers} The functions {!guard}, {!wrap1}, {!wrap2} and {!wrap3} now return exceptions in case of failure, @since 0.5 *) val guard : (unit -> 'a) -> ('a, exn) t (** [guard f] runs [f ()] and returns its result wrapped in [`Ok]. If [f ()] raises some exception [e], then it fails with [`Error e] *) val guard_str : (unit -> 'a) -> ('a, string) t (** Same as {!guard} but uses {!of_exn} to print the exception. See {!register_printer} *) val guard_str_trace : (unit -> 'a) -> ('a, string) t (** Same as {!guard_str} but uses {!of_exn_trace} instead of {!of_exn} so that the stack trace is printed. @since NEXT_RELEASE *) val wrap1 : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> ('b, exn) t (** Same as {!guard} but gives the function one argument. *) val wrap2 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c) -> 'a -> 'b -> ('c, exn) t (** Same as {!guard} but gives the function two arguments. *) val wrap3 : ('a -> 'b -> 'c -> 'd) -> 'a -> 'b -> 'c -> ('d, exn) t (** {2 Applicative} *) val pure : 'a -> ('a, 'err) t (** Synonym of {!return} *) val (<*>) : ('a -> 'b, 'err) t -> ('a, 'err) t -> ('b, 'err) t (** [a <*> b] evaluates [a] and [b], and, in case of success, returns [`Ok (a b)]. Otherwise, it fails, and the error of [a] is chosen over the error of [b] if both fail *) (** {2 Infix} @since 0.12 *) module Infix : sig val (>|=) : ('a, 'err) t -> ('a -> 'b) -> ('b, 'err) t val (>>=) : ('a, 'err) t -> ('a -> ('b, 'err) t) -> ('b, 'err) t val (<*>) : ('a -> 'b, 'err) t -> ('a, 'err) t -> ('b, 'err) t end (** {2 Collections} *) val map_l : ('a -> ('b, 'err) t) -> 'a list -> ('b list, 'err) t val fold_l : ('b -> 'a -> ('b, 'err) t) -> 'b -> 'a list -> ('b, 'err) t val fold_seq : ('b -> 'a -> ('b, 'err) t) -> 'b -> 'a sequence -> ('b, 'err) t (** {2 Misc} *) val choose : ('a, 'err) t list -> ('a, 'err list) t (** [choose l] selects a member of [l] that is a [`Ok _] value, or returns [`Error l] otherwise, where [l] is the list of errors. *) val retry : int -> (unit -> ('a, 'err) t) -> ('a, 'err list) t (** [retry n f] calls [f] at most [n] times, returning the first result of [f ()] that doesn't fail. If [f] fails [n] times, [retry n f] fails with the list of successive errors. *) (** {2 Monadic Operations} *) module type MONAD = sig type 'a t val return : 'a -> 'a t val (>>=) : 'a t -> ('a -> 'b t) -> 'b t end module Traverse(M : MONAD) : sig val sequence_m : ('a M.t, 'err) t -> ('a, 'err) t M.t val fold_m : ('b -> 'a -> 'b M.t) -> 'b -> ('a, 'err) t -> 'b M.t val map_m : ('a -> 'b M.t) -> ('a, 'err) t -> ('b, 'err) t M.t val retry_m : int -> (unit -> ('a, 'err) t M.t) -> ('a, 'err list) t M.t end (** {2 Conversions} *) val to_opt : ('a, _) t -> 'a option val of_opt : 'a option -> ('a, string) t val to_seq : ('a, _) t -> 'a sequence (** {2 IO} *) val pp : 'a printer -> ('a, string) t printer val print : 'a formatter -> ('a, string) t formatter (** {2 Global Exception Printers} One can register exception printers here, so they will be used by {!guard}, {!wrap1}, etc. The printers should succeed (print) on exceptions they can deal with, and re-raise the exception otherwise. For instance if I register a printer for [Not_found], it could look like: {[CCError.register_printer (fun buf exn -> match exn with | Not_found -> Buffer.add_string buf "Not_found" | _ -> raise exn );; ]} This way a printer that doesn't know how to deal with an exception will let other printers do it. *) val register_printer : exn printer -> unit (* TODO: deprecate, should use {!Printexc} *)