-- | Dynamic values with support for rank-1 polymorphic types. -- -- [Examples of fromDynamic] -- -- These examples correspond to the 'Data.Rank1Typeable.isInstanceOf' examples -- in "Data.Rank1Typeable". -- -- > > do f <- fromDynamic (toDynamic (even :: Int -> Bool)) ; return $ (f :: Int -> Int) 0 -- > Left "Cannot unify Int and Bool" -- > -- > > do f <- fromDynamic (toDynamic (const 1 :: ANY -> Int)) ; return $ (f :: Int -> Int) 0 -- > Right 1 -- > -- > > do f <- fromDynamic (toDynamic (unsafeCoerce :: ANY1 -> ANY2)) ; return $ (f :: Int -> Int) 0 -- > Right 0 -- > -- > > do f <- fromDynamic (toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY)) ; return $ (f :: Int -> Bool) 0 -- > Left "Cannot unify Bool and Int" -- > -- > > do f <- fromDynamic (toDynamic (undefined :: ANY)) ; return $ (f :: Int -> Int) 0 -- > Right *** Exception: Prelude.undefined -- > -- > > do f <- fromDynamic (toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY)) ; return $ (f :: Int) -- > Left "Cannot unify Int and ->" -- -- [Examples of dynApply] -- -- These examples correspond to the 'Data.Rank1Typeable.funResultTy' examples -- in "Data.Rank1Typeable". -- -- > > do app <- toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY) `dynApply` toDynamic True ; f <- fromDynamic app ; return $ (f :: Bool) -- > Right True -- > -- > > do app <- toDynamic (const :: ANY -> ANY1 -> ANY) `dynApply` toDynamic True ; f <- fromDynamic app ; return $ (f :: Int -> Bool) 0 -- > Right True -- > -- > > do app <- toDynamic (($ True) :: (Bool -> ANY) -> ANY) `dynApply` toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY) ; f <- fromDynamic app ; return (f :: Bool) -- > Right True -- > -- > > app <- toDynamic (const :: ANY -> ANY1 -> ANY) `dynApply` toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY) ; f <- fromDynamic app ; return $ (f :: Int -> Bool -> Bool) 0 True -- > Right True -- > -- > > do app <- toDynamic ((\f -> f . f) :: (ANY -> ANY) -> ANY -> ANY) `dynApply` toDynamic (even :: Int -> Bool) ; f <- fromDynamic app ; return (f :: ()) -- > Left "Cannot unify Int and Bool" -- -- [Using toDynamic] -- -- When using polymorphic values you need to give an explicit type annotation: -- -- > > toDynamic id -- > -- > <interactive>:46:1: -- > Ambiguous type variable `a0' in the constraint: -- > (Typeable a0) arising from a use of `toDynamic' -- > Probable fix: add a type signature that fixes these type variable(s) -- > In the expression: toDynamic id -- > In an equation for `it': it = toDynamic id -- -- versus -- -- > > toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY) -- > <<ANY -> ANY>> -- -- Note that these type annotation are checked by ghc like any other: -- -- > > toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY1) -- > -- > <interactive>:45:12: -- > Couldn't match expected type `V1' with actual type `V0' -- > Expected type: ANY -> ANY1 -- > Actual type: ANY -> ANY -- > In the first argument of `toDynamic', namely `(id :: ANY -> ANY1)' -- > In the expression: toDynamic (id :: ANY -> ANY1) module Data.Rank1Dynamic ( Dynamic , toDynamic , fromDynamic , TypeError , dynTypeRep , dynApply , unsafeToDynamic ) where import qualified GHC.Exts as GHC (Any) import Data.Rank1Typeable ( Typeable , TypeRep , typeOf , isInstanceOf , TypeError , funResultTy ) import Unsafe.Coerce (unsafeCoerce) -- | Encapsulate an object and its type data Dynamic = Dynamic TypeRep GHC.Any instance Show Dynamic where showsPrec _ (Dynamic t _) = showString "<<" . shows t . showString ">>" -- | Introduce a dynamic value toDynamic :: Typeable a => a -> Dynamic toDynamic x = Dynamic (typeOf x) (unsafeCoerce x) -- | Construct a dynamic value with a user-supplied type rep -- -- This function is unsafe because we have no way of verifying that the -- provided type representation matches the value. -- -- Since 0.3.2.0. unsafeToDynamic :: TypeRep -> a -> Dynamic unsafeToDynamic typ x = Dynamic typ (unsafeCoerce x) -- | Eliminate a dynamic value fromDynamic :: Typeable a => Dynamic -> Either TypeError a fromDynamic (Dynamic t v) = case unsafeCoerce v of r -> case typeOf r `isInstanceOf` t of Left err -> Left err Right () -> Right r -- | Apply one dynamic value to another dynApply :: Dynamic -> Dynamic -> Either TypeError Dynamic dynApply (Dynamic t1 f) (Dynamic t2 x) = do t3 <- funResultTy t1 t2 return $ Dynamic t3 (unsafeCoerce f x) -- | The type representation of a dynamic value dynTypeRep :: Dynamic -> TypeRep dynTypeRep (Dynamic t _) = t