#[doc = "A type representing either success or failure"]; import either::either; #[doc = "The result type"] enum result { #[doc = "Contains the successful result value"] ok(T), #[doc = "Contains the error value"] err(U) } #[doc = " Get the value out of a successful result # Failure If the result is an error "] pure fn get(res: result) -> T { alt res { ok(t) { t } err(the_err) { // FIXME: have a run-fail test for this unchecked{ fail #fmt("get called on error result: %?", the_err); } } } } #[doc = " Get the value out of an error result # Failure If the result is not an error "] pure fn get_err(res: result) -> U { alt res { err(u) { u } ok(_) { fail "get_error called on ok result"; } } } #[doc = "Returns true if the result is `ok`"] pure fn success(res: result) -> bool { alt res { ok(_) { true } err(_) { false } } } #[doc = "Returns true if the result is `error`"] pure fn failure(res: result) -> bool { !success(res) } #[doc = " Convert to the `either` type `ok` result variants are converted to `either::right` variants, `err` result variants are converted to `either::left`. "] pure fn to_either(res: result) -> either { alt res { ok(res) { either::right(res) } err(fail_) { either::left(fail_) } } } #[doc = " Call a function based on a previous result If `res` is `ok` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon `op`s result is returned. if `res` is `err` then it is immediately returned. This function can be used to compose the results of two functions. Example: let res = chain(read_file(file)) { |buf| ok(parse_buf(buf)) } "] fn chain(res: result, op: fn(T) -> result) -> result { alt res { ok(t) { op(t) } err(e) { err(e) } } } #[doc = " Call a function based on a previous result If `res` is `err` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon `op`s result is returned. if `res` is `ok` then it is immediately returned. This function can be used to pass through a successful result while handling an error. "] fn chain_err( res: result, op: fn(V) -> result) -> result { alt res { ok(t) { ok(t) } err(v) { op(v) } } } impl extensions for result { fn get() -> T { get(self) } fn get_err() -> E { get_err(self) } fn success() -> bool { success(self) } fn failure() -> bool { failure(self) } fn chain(op: fn(T) -> result) -> result { chain(self, op) } fn chain_err(op: fn(E) -> result) -> result { chain_err(self, op) } } #[doc = " Maps each element in the vector `ts` using the operation `op`. Should an error occur, no further mappings are performed and the error is returned. Should no error occur, a vector containing the result of each map is returned. Here is an example which increments every integer in a vector, checking for overflow: fn inc_conditionally(x: uint) -> result { if x == uint::max_value { ret err(\"overflow\"); } else { ret ok(x+1u); } } map([1u, 2u, 3u], inc_conditionally).chain {|incd| assert incd == [2u, 3u, 4u]; } "] fn map(ts: [T], op: fn(T) -> result) -> result<[V],U> { let mut vs: [V] = []; vec::reserve(vs, vec::len(ts)); for vec::each(ts) {|t| alt op(t) { ok(v) { vs += [v]; } err(u) { ret err(u); } } } ret ok(vs); } #[doc = "Same as map, but it operates over two parallel vectors. A precondition is used here to ensure that the vectors are the same length. While we do not often use preconditions in the standard library, a precondition is used here because result::t is generally used in 'careful' code contexts where it is both appropriate and easy to accommodate an error like the vectors being of different lengths."] fn map2(ss: [S], ts: [T], op: fn(S,T) -> result) : vec::same_length(ss, ts) -> result<[V],U> { let n = vec::len(ts); let mut vs = []; vec::reserve(vs, n); let mut i = 0u; while i < n { alt op(ss[i],ts[i]) { ok(v) { vs += [v]; } err(u) { ret err(u); } } i += 1u; } ret ok(vs); } #[doc = " Applies op to the pairwise elements from `ss` and `ts`, aborting on error. This could be implemented using `map2()` but it is more efficient on its own as no result vector is built. "] fn iter2(ss: [S], ts: [T], op: fn(S,T) -> result<(),U>) : vec::same_length(ss, ts) -> result<(),U> { let n = vec::len(ts); let mut i = 0u; while i < n { alt op(ss[i],ts[i]) { ok(()) { } err(u) { ret err(u); } } i += 1u; } ret ok(()); } #[cfg(test)] mod tests { fn op1() -> result::result { result::ok(666) } fn op2(&&i: int) -> result::result { result::ok(i as uint + 1u) } fn op3() -> result::result { result::err("sadface") } #[test] fn chain_success() { assert get(chain(op1(), op2)) == 667u; } #[test] fn chain_failure() { assert get_err(chain(op3(), op2)) == "sadface"; } }