    {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-implicit-prelude #-}
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- |
    -- Module      :  Foreign.Marshal.Error
    -- Copyright   :  (c) The FFI task force 2001
    -- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
    --
    -- Maintainer  :  ffi@haskell.org
    -- Stability   :  provisional
    -- Portability :  portable
    --
    -- Routines for testing return values and raising a 'userError' exception
    -- in case of values indicating an error state.
    --
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    module Foreign.Marshal.Error (
      throwIf,       -- :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> String) -> IO a       -> IO a
      throwIf_,      -- :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> String) -> IO a       -> IO ()
      throwIfNeg,    -- :: (Ord a, Num a)
    	         -- =>                (a -> String) -> IO a       -> IO a
      throwIfNeg_,   -- :: (Ord a, Num a)
    	         -- =>                (a -> String) -> IO a       -> IO ()
      throwIfNull,   -- ::                String        -> IO (Ptr a) -> IO (Ptr a)

      -- Discard return value
      --
      void           -- IO a -> IO ()
    ) where

    import Foreign.Ptr

    #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
    #ifdef __HADDOCK__
    import Data.Bool
    import System.IO.Error
    #endif
    import GHC.Base
    import GHC.Num
    import GHC.IOBase
    #endif

    -- exported functions
    -- ------------------

    -- |Execute an 'IO' action, throwing a 'userError' if the predicate yields
    -- 'True' when applied to the result returned by the 'IO' action.
    -- If no exception is raised, return the result of the computation.
    --
    throwIf :: (a -> Bool)	-- ^ error condition on the result of the 'IO' action
    	-> (a -> String) -- ^ computes an error message from erroneous results
    			-- of the 'IO' action
    	-> IO a		-- ^ the 'IO' action to be executed
    	-> IO a
    throwIf pred msgfct act  =
      do
        res <- act
        (if pred res then ioError . userError . msgfct else return) res

    -- |Like 'throwIf', but discarding the result
    --
    throwIf_                 :: (a -> Bool) -> (a -> String) -> IO a -> IO ()
    throwIf_ pred msgfct act  = void $ throwIf pred msgfct act

    -- |Guards against negative result values
    --
    throwIfNeg :: (Ord a, Num a) => (a -> String) -> IO a -> IO a
    throwIfNeg  = throwIf (< 0)

    -- |Like 'throwIfNeg', but discarding the result
    --
    throwIfNeg_ :: (Ord a, Num a) => (a -> String) -> IO a -> IO ()
    throwIfNeg_  = throwIf_ (< 0)

    -- |Guards against null pointers
    --
    throwIfNull :: String -> IO (Ptr a) -> IO (Ptr a)
    throwIfNull  = throwIf (== nullPtr) . const

    -- |Discard the return value of an 'IO' action
    --
    void     :: IO a -> IO ()
    void act  = act >> return ()