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Protocols sketches for Oden
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//----------// | |
// SEMIRING // | |
//----------// | |
// Types that support addition and multiplication. | |
protocol Semiring(a) { | |
add : a -> a -> a | |
zero : a | |
mul : a -> a -> a | |
one : a | |
} | |
// consider the `+` operator syntactic sugar for Semiring::add | |
// then this function... | |
f(x, y) = x + y | |
// ...translates and infers to: | |
f : forall a. | |
a -> a -> a | |
where Semiring(a) | |
f(x, y) = Semiring::add(x, y) | |
// Semiring instance for Maybe-wrapped semiring instances. | |
instance Semiring(Maybe(a)) where Semiring(a) { | |
add(m1, m2) = match (m1, m2) { | |
(Just(v1), Just(v2)) => Just(Semiring::add(x, y)) | |
_ => Nothing | |
} | |
zero = Just(Semiring::zero) | |
add(m1, m2) = match (m1, m2) { | |
(Just(v1), Just(v2)) => Just(Semiring::mul(x, y)) | |
_ => Nothing | |
} | |
one = Just(Semiring::one) | |
} | |
main() = match (Just 10) + (Just 11) { | |
Just(n) => println(n) | |
Nothing => println(":/") | |
} | |
//--------// | |
// ERRORS // | |
//--------// | |
// Protocol version of `error` type from Go. | |
protocol Error(e) { | |
Error : e -> string | |
} | |
protocol HasError(v) { | |
Error : v -> e where Error(e) // won't clash | |
} | |
printErr : forall e. e -> () where HasError(e) | |
printErr(err) = println(HasError::Error(err)) // Protocol is always qualified | |
instance Error(string) { | |
Error(s) = s | |
} | |
instance HasError(string) { | |
Error(s) = s | |
} | |
main() = printErr("Shit broke") |
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