{-# 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 preferred, since it adds a context message. -- -- These are modelled after @<https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.expect Result::expect()>@ -- and @<https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#method.unwrap Result::unwrap()>@ 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.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 :: Text -> Error newError Text msg = [Text] -> Error Error [Text 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 :: a -> Error showToError = Text -> Error newError (Text -> Error) -> (a -> Text) -> a -> Error forall b c a. (b -> c) -> (a -> b) -> a -> c . String -> Text Text.pack (String -> Text) -> (a -> String) -> a -> Text forall b c a. (b -> c) -> (a -> b) -> a -> c . a -> String forall a. Show a => a -> String 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 :: exc -> Error exceptionToError = Text -> Error newError (Text -> Error) -> (exc -> Text) -> exc -> Error forall b c a. (b -> c) -> (a -> b) -> a -> c . String -> Text Text.pack (String -> Text) -> (exc -> String) -> exc -> Text forall b c a. (b -> c) -> (a -> b) -> a -> c . exc -> String forall e. Exception e => e -> String 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 :: Text -> Error -> Error addContext Text e (Error [Text] es) = [Text] -> Error Error ([Text] -> Error) -> [Text] -> Error forall a b. (a -> b) -> a -> b $ Text e Text -> [Text] -> [Text] forall a. a -> [a] -> [a] : [Text] 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 -> Text prettyError (Error [Text] es) = Text -> [Text] -> Text Text.intercalate Text ": " [Text] 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 :: Either Error a -> a unwrapError Either Error a e = case Either Error a e of Left Error err -> String -> a forall a. HasCallStack => String -> a error (Error -> Text prettyError Error err Text -> (Text -> String) -> String forall a b. a -> (a -> b) -> b & Text -> String Text.unpack) Right a a -> 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 :: Text -> Either Error p -> p expectError Text context Either Error p e = case Either Error p e of Left Error err -> String -> p forall a. HasCallStack => String -> a error ( Error err Error -> (Error -> Error) -> Error forall a b. a -> (a -> b) -> b & Text -> Error -> Error addContext Text context Error -> (Error -> Text) -> Text forall a b. a -> (a -> b) -> b & Error -> Text prettyError Text -> (Text -> String) -> String forall a b. a -> (a -> b) -> b & Text -> String Text.unpack ) Right p a -> p 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 :: Int -> ErrorException -> ShowS showsPrec Int i (ErrorException Error err) = String -> ShowS showString (Error err Error -> (Error -> Text) -> Text forall a b. a -> (a -> b) -> b & Error -> Text prettyError Text -> (Text -> String) -> String forall a b. a -> (a -> b) -> b & Text -> String Text.unpack) instance Exception ErrorException where displayException :: ErrorException -> String displayException = ErrorException -> String forall a. Show a => a -> String 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 -- (<https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/330 but no stack trace can be produced at the moment!>). -- -- __Throws opaque Exception:__ if Error -- -- Example: -- -- >>> unwrapIOError $ Left (newError "oh no!") -- *** Exception: 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 :: Either Error a -> IO a unwrapIOError = \case Left Error err -> ErrorException -> IO a forall e a. Exception e => e -> IO a Exc.throwIO (ErrorException -> IO a) -> ErrorException -> IO a forall a b. (a -> b) -> a -> b $ Error -> ErrorException ErrorException Error err Right a a -> a -> IO a forall (f :: * -> *) a. Applicative f => a -> f a pure a 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 -- (<https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/330 but no stack trace can be produced at the moment!>). -- -- -- __Throws opaque Exception:__ if Error -- -- Example: -- -- >>> expectIOError "something bad happened" $ Left (newError "oh no!") -- *** Exception: 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 :: Text -> Either Error a -> IO a expectIOError Text context = \case Left Error err -> ErrorException -> IO a forall e a. Exception e => e -> IO a Exc.throwIO (ErrorException -> IO a) -> ErrorException -> IO a forall a b. (a -> b) -> a -> b $ Error -> ErrorException ErrorException (Text -> Error -> Error addContext Text context Error err) Right a a -> a -> IO a forall (f :: * -> *) a. Applicative f => a -> f a pure a 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 -- *** Exception: could not open file: user error (oh noes!) ifIOError :: Text -> IO a -> IO (Either Error a) ifIOError :: Text -> IO a -> IO (Either Error a) ifIOError = forall a. Exception IOException => Text -> IO a -> IO (Either Error a) forall exc a. Exception exc => Text -> IO a -> IO (Either Error a) 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. -- -- >>> :set -XTypeApplications -- >>> 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 :: Text -> IO a -> IO (Either Error a) ifError Text context IO a io = (exc -> Error) -> Either exc a -> Either Error a forall (p :: * -> * -> *) a b c. Bifunctor p => (a -> b) -> p a c -> p b c first (Text -> Error -> Error addContext Text context (Error -> Error) -> (exc -> Error) -> exc -> Error forall b c a. (b -> c) -> (a -> b) -> a -> c . exc -> Error forall exc. Exception exc => exc -> Error exceptionToError) (Either exc a -> Either Error a) -> IO (Either exc a) -> IO (Either Error a) forall (f :: * -> *) a b. Functor f => (a -> b) -> f a -> f b <$> IO a -> IO (Either exc a) forall e a. Exception e => IO a -> IO (Either e a) Exc.try @exc IO a io