base-4.20.0.1: Core data structures and operations
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Stabilityinternal
Portabilitynon-portable (GHC Extensions)
Safe HaskellSafe
LanguageHaskell2010

GHC.Read

Description

The Read class and instances for basic data types.

Synopsis

Class

class Read a where Source #

Parsing of Strings, producing values.

Derived instances of Read make the following assumptions, which derived instances of Show obey:

  • If the constructor is defined to be an infix operator, then the derived Read instance will parse only infix applications of the constructor (not the prefix form).
  • Associativity is not used to reduce the occurrence of parentheses, although precedence may be.
  • If the constructor is defined using record syntax, the derived Read will parse only the record-syntax form, and furthermore, the fields must be given in the same order as the original declaration.
  • The derived Read instance allows arbitrary Haskell whitespace between tokens of the input string. Extra parentheses are also allowed.

For example, given the declarations

infixr 5 :^:
data Tree a =  Leaf a  |  Tree a :^: Tree a

the derived instance of Read in Haskell 2010 is equivalent to

instance (Read a) => Read (Tree a) where

        readsPrec d r =  readParen (d > app_prec)
                         (\r -> [(Leaf m,t) |
                                 ("Leaf",s) <- lex r,
                                 (m,t) <- readsPrec (app_prec+1) s]) r

                      ++ readParen (d > up_prec)
                         (\r -> [(u:^:v,w) |
                                 (u,s) <- readsPrec (up_prec+1) r,
                                 (":^:",t) <- lex s,
                                 (v,w) <- readsPrec (up_prec+1) t]) r

          where app_prec = 10
                up_prec = 5

Note that right-associativity of :^: is unused.

The derived instance in GHC is equivalent to

instance (Read a) => Read (Tree a) where

        readPrec = parens $ (prec app_prec $ do
                                 Ident "Leaf" <- lexP
                                 m <- step readPrec
                                 return (Leaf m))

                     +++ (prec up_prec $ do
                                 u <- step readPrec
                                 Symbol ":^:" <- lexP
                                 v <- step readPrec
                                 return (u :^: v))

          where app_prec = 10
                up_prec = 5

        readListPrec = readListPrecDefault

Why do both readsPrec and readPrec exist, and why does GHC opt to implement readPrec in derived Read instances instead of readsPrec? The reason is that readsPrec is based on the ReadS type, and although ReadS is mentioned in the Haskell 2010 Report, it is not a very efficient parser data structure.

readPrec, on the other hand, is based on a much more efficient ReadPrec datatype (a.k.a "new-style parsers"), but its definition relies on the use of the RankNTypes language extension. Therefore, readPrec (and its cousin, readListPrec) are marked as GHC-only. Nevertheless, it is recommended to use readPrec instead of readsPrec whenever possible for the efficiency improvements it brings.

As mentioned above, derived Read instances in GHC will implement readPrec instead of readsPrec. The default implementations of readsPrec (and its cousin, readList) will simply use readPrec under the hood. If you are writing a Read instance by hand, it is recommended to write it like so:

instance Read T where
  readPrec     = ...
  readListPrec = readListPrecDefault

Minimal complete definition

readsPrec | readPrec

Methods

readsPrec Source #

Arguments

:: Int

the operator precedence of the enclosing context (a number from 0 to 11). Function application has precedence 10.

-> ReadS a 

attempts to parse a value from the front of the string, returning a list of (parsed value, remaining string) pairs. If there is no successful parse, the returned list is empty.

Derived instances of Read and Show satisfy the following:

That is, readsPrec parses the string produced by showsPrec, and delivers the value that showsPrec started with.

readList :: ReadS [a] Source #

The method readList is provided to allow the programmer to give a specialised way of parsing lists of values. For example, this is used by the predefined Read instance of the Char type, where values of type String are expected to use double quotes, rather than square brackets.

readPrec :: ReadPrec a Source #

Proposed replacement for readsPrec using new-style parsers (GHC only).

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [a] Source #

Proposed replacement for readList using new-style parsers (GHC only). The default definition uses readList. Instances that define readPrec should also define readListPrec as readListPrecDefault.

Instances

Instances details
Read Void

Reading a Void value is always a parse error, considering Void as a data type with no constructors.

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read ByteOrder

Since: base-4.11.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.ByteOrder

Read All

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read Any

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read Version

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Version

Read CBool 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.C.Types

Read CChar 
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Read CClock 
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Read CDouble 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.C.Types

Read CFloat 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.C.Types

Read CInt 
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Read CIntMax 
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Read CIntPtr 
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Read CLLong 
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Read CLong 
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Read CPtrdiff 
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Read CSChar 
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Read CSUSeconds 
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Read CShort 
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Read CSigAtomic 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.C.Types

Read CSize 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.C.Types

Read CTime 
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Read CUChar 
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Read CUInt 
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Read CUIntMax 
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Read CUIntPtr 
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Read CULLong 
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Read CULong 
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Read CUSeconds 
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Read CUShort 
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Read CWchar 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.C.Types

Read IntPtr 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.Ptr

Read WordPtr 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.Foreign.Ptr

Read Associativity

Since: base-4.6.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Read DecidedStrictness

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Read Fixity

Since: base-4.6.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Read SourceStrictness

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Read SourceUnpackedness

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Read SeekMode

Since: base-4.2.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.IO.Device

Read ExitCode 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.IO.Exception

Read BufferMode

Since: base-4.2.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.IO.Handle.Types

Read Newline

Since: base-4.3.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.IO.Handle.Types

Read NewlineMode

Since: base-4.3.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.IO.Handle.Types

Read IOMode

Since: base-4.2.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.IO.IOMode

Read Int16

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Int

Read Int32

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Int

Read Int64

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Int

Read Int8

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Int

Read GCDetails

Since: base-4.10.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Stats

Read RTSStats

Since: base-4.10.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Stats

Read CBlkCnt 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CBlkSize 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CCc 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CClockId 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CDev 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CFsBlkCnt 
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Read CFsFilCnt 
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Read CGid 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CId 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CIno 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CKey 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CMode 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CNfds 
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Read CNlink 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read COff 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CPid 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CRLim 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CSocklen 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CSpeed 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CSsize 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CTcflag 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read CUid 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read Fd 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.System.Posix.Types

Read Lexeme

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read SomeChar 
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Defined in GHC.Internal.TypeLits

Read SomeSymbol

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.TypeLits

Read SomeNat

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.TypeNats

Read GeneralCategory

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Word16

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Word32

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Word64

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Word8

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Ordering

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Integer

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Natural

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read ()

Since: base-2.1

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Read Bool

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Char

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Double

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Float

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Int

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read Word

Since: base-4.5.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read a => Read (Complex a) Source #

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in Data.Complex

Read a => Read (First a) Source #

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (Last a) Source #

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (Max a) Source #

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (Min a) Source #

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Read m => Read (WrappedMonoid m) Source #

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

Read a => Read (NonEmpty a)

Since: base-4.11.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read a => Read (And a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Iff a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Ior a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Xor a)

Since: base-4.16

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Bits

Read a => Read (Identity a)

This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the Identity newtype if the runIdentity field were removed

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Functor.Identity

Read a => Read (First a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Monoid

Read a => Read (Last a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Monoid

Read a => Read (Down a)

This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the Down newtype if the getDown field were removed

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Ord

Read a => Read (Dual a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read a => Read (Product a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read a => Read (Sum a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Semigroup.Internal

Read a => Read (ZipList a)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Functor.ZipList

Read p => Read (Par1 p)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

(Integral a, Read a) => Read (Ratio a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read a => Read (Maybe a)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read a => Read (Solo a)

Since: base-4.15

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Read a => Read [a]

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

HasResolution a => Read (Fixed a) Source #

Since: base-4.3.0.0

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Defined in Data.Fixed

(Read a, Read b) => Read (Arg a b) Source #

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in Data.Semigroup

(Ix a, Read a, Read b) => Read (Array a b)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

(Read a, Read b) => Read (Either a b)

Since: base-3.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Either

Read (Proxy t)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Proxy

Read (U1 p)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Read (V1 p)

Since: base-4.9.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

(Read a, Read b) => Read (a, b)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b)] Source #

Read a => Read (Const a b)

This instance would be equivalent to the derived instances of the Const newtype if the getConst field were removed

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Functor.Const

Read (f a) => Read (Ap f a)

Since: base-4.12.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Monoid

Read (f a) => Read (Alt f a)

Since: base-4.8.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Semigroup.Internal

Coercible a b => Read (Coercion a b)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Type.Coercion

a ~ b => Read (a :~: b)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Type.Equality

Read (f p) => Read (Rec1 f p)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

(Read a, Read b, Read c) => Read (a, b, c)

Since: base-2.1

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c)] Source #

(Read (f a), Read (g a)) => Read (Product f g a) Source #

Since: base-4.18.0.0

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Defined in Data.Functor.Product

(Read (f a), Read (g a)) => Read (Sum f g a) Source #

Since: base-4.18.0.0

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Defined in Data.Functor.Sum

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (Sum f g a) Source #

readList :: ReadS [Sum f g a] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (Sum f g a) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [Sum f g a] Source #

a ~~ b => Read (a :~~: b)

Since: base-4.10.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Data.Type.Equality

(Read (f p), Read (g p)) => Read ((f :*: g) p)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ((f :*: g) p) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(f :*: g) p] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec ((f :*: g) p) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(f :*: g) p] Source #

(Read (f p), Read (g p)) => Read ((f :+: g) p)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

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Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ((f :+: g) p) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(f :+: g) p] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec ((f :+: g) p) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(f :+: g) p] Source #

Read c => Read (K1 i c p)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (K1 i c p) Source #

readList :: ReadS [K1 i c p] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (K1 i c p) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [K1 i c p] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d) => Read (a, b, c, d)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d)] Source #

Read (f (g a)) => Read (Compose f g a) Source #

Since: base-4.18.0.0

Instance details

Defined in Data.Functor.Compose

Read (f (g p)) => Read ((f :.: g) p)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS ((f :.: g) p) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(f :.: g) p] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec ((f :.: g) p) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(f :.: g) p] Source #

Read (f p) => Read (M1 i c f p)

Since: base-4.7.0.0

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Generics

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (M1 i c f p) Source #

readList :: ReadS [M1 i c f p] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (M1 i c f p) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [M1 i c f p] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e) => Read (a, b, c, d, e)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m, Read n) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n)] Source #

(Read a, Read b, Read c, Read d, Read e, Read f, Read g, Read h, Read i, Read j, Read k, Read l, Read m, Read n, Read o) => Read (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o)

Since: base-2.1

Instance details

Defined in GHC.Internal.Read

Methods

readsPrec :: Int -> ReadS (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) Source #

readList :: ReadS [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o)] Source #

readPrec :: ReadPrec (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o) Source #

readListPrec :: ReadPrec [(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o)] Source #

ReadS type

type ReadS a = String -> [(a, String)] Source #

A parser for a type a, represented as a function that takes a String and returns a list of possible parses as (a,String) pairs.

Note that this kind of backtracking parser is very inefficient; reading a large structure may be quite slow (cf ReadP).

Haskell 2010 compatibility

lex :: ReadS String Source #

The lex function reads a single lexeme from the input, discarding initial white space, and returning the characters that constitute the lexeme. If the input string contains only white space, lex returns a single successful `lexeme' consisting of the empty string. (Thus lex "" = [("","")].) If there is no legal lexeme at the beginning of the input string, lex fails (i.e. returns []).

This lexer is not completely faithful to the Haskell lexical syntax in the following respects:

  • Qualified names are not handled properly
  • Octal and hexadecimal numerics are not recognized as a single token
  • Comments are not treated properly

lexLitChar :: ReadS String Source #

Read a string representation of a character, using Haskell source-language escape conventions. For example:

lexLitChar  "\\nHello"  =  [("\\n", "Hello")]

readLitChar :: ReadS Char Source #

Read a string representation of a character, using Haskell source-language escape conventions, and convert it to the character that it encodes. For example:

readLitChar "\\nHello"  =  [('\n', "Hello")]

lexDigits :: ReadS String Source #

Reads a non-empty string of decimal digits.

Defining readers

lexP :: ReadPrec Lexeme Source #

Parse a single lexeme

paren :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec a Source #

(paren p) parses "(P0)" where p parses "P0" in precedence context zero

parens :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec a Source #

(parens p) parses "P", "(P0)", "((P0))", etc, where p parses "P" in the current precedence context and parses "P0" in precedence context zero

list :: ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec [a] Source #

(list p) parses a list of things parsed by p, using the usual square-bracket syntax.

choose :: [(String, ReadPrec a)] -> ReadPrec a Source #

Parse the specified lexeme and continue as specified. Esp useful for nullary constructors; e.g. choose [("A", return A), ("B", return B)] We match both Ident and Symbol because the constructor might be an operator eg (:~:)

readListDefault :: Read a => ReadS [a] Source #

A possible replacement definition for the readList method (GHC only). This is only needed for GHC, and even then only for Read instances where readListPrec isn't defined as readListPrecDefault.

readListPrecDefault :: Read a => ReadPrec [a] Source #

A possible replacement definition for the readListPrec method, defined using readPrec (GHC only).

readField :: String -> ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec a Source #

Read parser for a record field, of the form fieldName=value. The fieldName must be an alphanumeric identifier; for symbols (operator-style) field names, e.g. (#), use readSymField). The second argument is a parser for the field value.

readFieldHash :: String -> ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec a Source #

Read parser for a record field, of the form fieldName#=value. That is, an alphanumeric identifier fieldName followed by the symbol #. The second argument is a parser for the field value.

Note that readField does not suffice for this purpose due to #5041.

readSymField :: String -> ReadPrec a -> ReadPrec a Source #

Read parser for a symbol record field, of the form (###)=value (where ### is the field name). The field name must be a symbol (operator-style), e.g. (#). For regular (alphanumeric) field names, use readField. The second argument is a parser for the field value.

readParen :: Bool -> ReadS a -> ReadS a Source #

readParen True p parses what p parses, but surrounded with parentheses.

readParen False p parses what p parses, but optionally surrounded with parentheses.