{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-} {-# LANGUAGE StandaloneDeriving #-} {-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-} {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-} {-# LANGUAGE ExplicitForAll #-} {-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-} {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-} module Data.Error ( Error, -- * Error creation newError, -- *** From 'Show' and 'Exception' -- | These two functions can be helpful, but consider that they don’t always provide very user-friendly error messages. -- It is recommended that you use `addContext` to improve the messages generated by 'showToError' and 'exceptionToError'. showToError, exceptionToError, -- * Adding context addContext, -- * Pretty printing prettyError, -- * Unsafe unwrapping -- | Sometimes you want to assure that an 'Error' could not have happened at runtime, -- even though there is the possibility in the types. -- -- In that case you can use 'expectError'/'unwrapError'. -- They will panic at runtime (via 'error') if there was an error. -- -- You can also use 'expectIOError'/'unwrapIOError' if your code is in 'IO', -- which will crash with 'Exc.throwIO' instead of 'error'. -- -- 'expectError'/'expectIOError' should usually be preffered, since it adds a context message. -- -- These are modelled after @@ -- and @@ in the rust stdlib. expectError, unwrapError, expectIOError, unwrapIOError, -- * Catching @Exceptions@ in 'IO' ifIOError, ifError ) where import Data.Function ((&)) import Data.Text (Text) import qualified Data.Text as Text import GHC.Stack (HasCallStack) import Control.Exception (Exception (displayException)) import qualified Control.Exception as Exc import Data.Functor ((<&>)) import Data.Bifunctor (first) -- | The canonical @Error@ type. -- -- It can be -- -- * created from a human-readable error message ('newError') -- * more semantic context can be added to an existing @Error@ ('addContext') -- * pretty-printed (`prettyError`) newtype Error = Error [Text] -- | The 'Show' instance exists for the user’s convenience on the REPL. -- -- If you want to display an error, use 'prettyError' instead. deriving instance Show Error -- | Create an ad-hoc 'Error' from an error message. newError :: Text -> Error newError msg = Error [msg] -- | Create an error from a `Show` type. -- -- If your type implements 'Exception', it is usually better to use 'exceptionToError' instead. -- Strings produced by 'show' are usually not very user-friendly. -- -- Note: goes via `String`, so not efficient. showToError :: Show a => a -> Error showToError = newError . Text.pack . show -- | Create an error from an 'Exception' type. -- -- The default implementation of 'displayException' is 'show', so the same user-friendliness problems of 'showToError' apply. -- -- Note: goes via `String`, so not efficient. exceptionToError :: Exception exc => exc -> Error exceptionToError = newError . Text.pack . displayException -- | Add a higher-level context to an 'Error'. -- -- For example, your code hits a “file not found” I/O exception. -- Instead of propagating it unseen, you catch it and annotate it with 'addContext', -- and describe why you wanted to open the file in the first place: -- -- @ -- addContext "Trying to open config file" -- $ newError "file not found: ./foo" -- @ -- -- This way, when a user see the error, they will understand better what happened: -- -- @ -- "Trying to open config file: file not found: ./foo" -- @ -- -- See 'prettyError'. addContext :: Text -> Error -> Error addContext e (Error es) = Error $ e : es -- | Pretty print the error. -- -- It will print all context messages, starting with the outermost. -- -- Example: -- -- >>> prettyError $ newError "file not found: ./foo" -- "file not found: ./foo" -- -- >>> :{ -- prettyError -- $ addContext "Trying to open config file" -- $ newError "file not found: ./foo" -- :} -- "Trying to open config file: file not found: ./foo" prettyError :: Error -> Text prettyError (Error es) = Text.intercalate ": " es -- | Return the value from a potentially failing computation. -- -- Abort with the 'Error's message if it was a 'Left'. -- -- __Panics:__ if Error -- -- Example: -- -- >>> unwrapError $ Left (newError "oh no!") -- *** Exception: oh no! -- ... -- -- >>> unwrapError $ Right 42 -- 42 unwrapError :: HasCallStack => Either Error a -> a unwrapError e = case e of Left err -> error (prettyError err & Text.unpack) Right a -> a -- | Return the value from a potentially failing computation. -- -- Abort with the error message if it was an error. -- -- The text message is added to the 'Error' as additional context before aborting. -- -- __Panics:__ if Error -- -- Example: -- -- >>> expectError "something bad happened" $ Left (newError "oh no!") -- *** Exception: something bad happened: oh no! -- ... -- -- >>> expectError "something bad happened" $ Right 42 -- 42 expectError :: HasCallStack => Text -> Either Error p -> p expectError context e = case e of Left err -> error ( err & addContext context & prettyError & Text.unpack ) Right a -> a -- | This Exception is not exported so that it’s impossible to catch and handle via 'Typeable'. newtype ErrorException = ErrorException Error -- | Show the pretty printed string without quotes. instance Show ErrorException where showsPrec i (ErrorException err) = showString (err & prettyError & Text.unpack) instance Exception ErrorException where displayException = show -- | Like 'unwrapError', but instead of using 'error', it will 'Exc.throwIO' the pretty-printed error. -- -- The advantage over `unwrapError` is that it crashes immediately, and not just when the 'Either' is forced, -- leading to a deterministic immediate abortion of your IO code -- (). -- -- __Throws opaque Exception:__ if Error -- -- Example: -- -- >>> unwrapIOError $ Left (newError "oh no!") -- oh no! -- -- Important: 'Error' itself does /not/ implement 'Exception' to discourage the exception workflow. -- The 'Exception' thrown is private to this module and thus can’t be “caught” in a typed manner. -- If you use this function, you either have to catch 'Exc.SomeException', or it will bubble up and lead to -- your program crashing. unwrapIOError :: Either Error a -> IO a unwrapIOError = \case Left err -> Exc.throwIO $ ErrorException err Right a -> pure a -- | Like 'expectError', but instead of using 'error', it will 'Exc.throwIO' the pretty-printed error. -- -- The advantage over `expectError` is that it crashes immediately, and not just when the 'Either' is forced, -- leading to a deterministic immediate abortion of your IO code -- (). -- -- -- __Throws opaque Exception:__ if Error -- -- Example: -- -- >>> expectIOError "something bad happened" $ Left (newError "oh no!") -- something bad happened: oh no! -- -- Important: 'Error' itself does /not/ implement 'Exception' to discourage the exception workflow. -- The 'Exception' thrown is private to this module and thus can’t be “caught” in a typed manner. -- If you use this function, you either have to catch 'Exc.SomeException', or it will bubble up and lead to -- your program crashing. expectIOError :: Text -> Either Error a -> IO a expectIOError context = \case Left err -> Exc.throwIO $ ErrorException (addContext context err) Right a -> pure a -- | Catch any 'Exc.IOException's thrown by an @IO a@ as @Either Error a@. -- -- The IOException is converted to an error with 'exceptionToError', and the given message -- is added with 'addContext'. This prevents the common pattern of bubbling up exceptions -- without any context. -- -- >>> ifIOError "could not open file" (Control.Exception.throwIO (userError "oh noes!")) -- Left (Error ["could not open file","user error (oh noes!)"]) -- -- It can then be handled like a normal 'Error'. -- -- The function lends itself to piping with '(&)': -- -- >>> Control.Exception.throwIO (userError "oh noes!") & ifIOError "could not open file" -- Left (Error ["could not open file","user error (oh noes!)"]) -- -- and if you just want to annotate the error and directly throw it again: -- -- >>> Control.Exception.throwIO (userError "oh noes!") & ifIOError "could not open file" >>= unwrapIOError -- could not open file: user error (oh noes!) ifIOError :: Text -> IO a -> IO (Either Error a) ifIOError = ifError @Exc.IOException -- | Catch any 'Exc.Exception's thrown by an @IO a@ as @Either Error a@. -- -- The IOException is converted to an error with 'exceptionToError', and the given message -- is added with 'addContext'. This prevents the common pattern of bubbling up exceptions -- without any context. -- -- Use @TypeApplications@ to specify the 'Exception' you want to catch. -- -- >>> ifError @Exc.ArithException "arithmetic exception" (putStr $ show $ 1 Data.Ratio.% 0) -- Left (Error ["arithmetic exception","Ratio has zero denominator"]) -- -- It can then be handled like a normal 'Error'. -- -- The function lends itself to piping with '(&)': -- -- >>> (putStr $ show $ 1 Data.Ratio.% 0) & ifError @Exc.ArithException "arithmetic exception" -- Left (Error ["arithmetic exception","Ratio has zero denominator"]) -- -- Bear in mind that pure exceptions are only raised when the resulting code is forced -- (thus the @putStrLn $ show@ in the above example). ifError :: forall exc a. (Exception exc) => Text -> IO a -> IO (Either Error a) ifError context io = Exc.try @exc io <&> first (addContext context . exceptionToError)